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A young Kenyan journalist is leading efforts to save Prince George’s Community Television (CTV) amid ongoing budget cuts.
Noel James Okoth, 24, has become a key advocate for the station, which has served the community for over 40 years. CTV is at risk due to proposed government budget reductions…
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A Kenyan engineer has returned home safely after surviving a rebel attack in South Sudan that killed his colleague.
Richard Matiangi, working with the Holy Trinity Church in Morobo County, was abducted on July 30 while traveling to Uganda to buy construction materials. The vehicle carrying him and…
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The shining cities of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries attract many Kenyans who hope for a better life.
Drawn by the promise of good pay and financial stability, hundreds of thousands of Kenyans have moved to the Gulf for work. However, many face tough challenges, including poor…
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A businessman from Minnesota, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, has been sentenced to 28 years in prison for leading one of the biggest COVID-19 relief fraud cases in US history.
Farah, a Somali-American, was found guilty of stealing £237 million from a federal program meant to feed children during the…
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is currently engaged in a high-stakes gamble across the Atlantic, courting the Kenyan diaspora in the United States while simultaneously unleashing a barrage of criticism against President William Ruto’s administration.
What began as an outreach…
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Amidst increasingly restrictive immigration policies in the United States, one Kenyan father has made the agonising decision to return to his home country, prioritising the welfare of his family over his own aspirations.
Samuel Kangethe, who spent sixteen years building a life in America,…
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The Kenyan government is intensifying its efforts to mend the widening rifts between its diaspora communities and their families back home.
Acknowledging the emotional toll of migration, particularly on children left behind, the State Department for Diaspora Affairs is now championing faith-…
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A global investigation has uncovered a sophisticated arms trafficking ring, implicating a Kenyan national and three others in a conspiracy to supply military-grade weaponry to the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), one of Mexico's most ruthless drug cartels.
The indictment, unsealed…
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The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) have initiated a comprehensive year-long survey.
This ambitious project, conducted in partnership with Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, seeks to dissect the flow and application of funds sent home by Kenyans…
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The annual Kenyan cookout, a three-decade-long tradition for Kenyan immigrants in the United States, recently took place, drawing hundreds from the Baltimore-Washington corridor.
This year's event, however, unfolded against a backdrop of cultural celebration intertwined with anxieties over…
