DIASPORA NEWS
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US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has hinted at running for president in 2022.
In a tweet, Mutua says he will seek the country's top seat if a "certain person doesn't do so."
"I may have to think seriously of running for PORK (President of the Republic of Kenya) if a certain person doesn't…
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Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $245 million (Sh24.55 billion) in January, 2019, latest figures from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) show.
This represents a 17.22 percent growth compared with $209 million (Sh20.94 billion) sent in the same month last year. The increase is partly attributed…
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A Kenyan nurse in Fort Worth, Texas remains hospitalized with severe injuries and was in a coma for 15 days after she was crushed by an elevator on January 20th at John Peter Smith (JPS) Hospital where she works.
Carren Nyasuguta Stratford was stepping onto the elevator when it started moving…
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A Kenyan-born man accused of stealing more than $36 million (about Sh3.6 billion) from an American media technology services company is set to be charged in the US.
42-year-old Edward Martin Karuku alias Paul McDaniel has been extradited from Costa Rica to face charges in California, US authorities…
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They say that love has no boundaries and this Kenyan-born woman has made this saying relevant by marrying a disabled Australian man.
In January last year, Susan Njogu from Elburgon, Nakuru County exchanged vows with 30-year-old Phillip Eling in a red-themed garden wedding ceremony held in Adelaide…
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A 13-year-old Kenyan boy living in the United States won First Lady Melania Trump's heart after he presented her with a special gift on Valentine's Day.
During her visit to a Children's Home in Bethseda, Maryland on Thursday, the boy identified as Amani gifted Ms. Trump a handmade necklace…
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Kenyan legendary footballer Joe Kadenge's daughter Evelyn Wanjiku Kadenge Hoskin has passed away in the United States.
Ms. Kadenge allegedly succumbed to a stroke on February 9th, 2019 in Aurora, Colorado.
She leaves behind two children; a son Zuri Hoskin, 17, and daughter Nuru Hoskin, 14.
On…
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Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna has announced a new return date to Kenya.
In a tweet, Miguna says he will be returning to the country in April.
“Pursuant to rights vested upon me by God, my mother, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, all applicable laws and ORDERS issued by Justices…
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Kenyans in the diaspora continue to have little political say despite possessing a huge economic muscle.
Figures released recently by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) show that remittances from Kenyans living and working abroad grew to Sh274 billion in 2018 down from Sh197 billion the previous year…
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A Kenyan man faces several felony charges in connection with a hit and run accident that caused the death of a 22-year-old Californian woman.
25 year-old Ndirangu Kamau, a resident of Antelope, California, was initially arrested and charged with hit and run causing death of permanent injury on July…
