DIASPORA NEWS

Deported lawyer Miguna Miguna says foreign nationals will continue to insult and disrespect Kenyans unless they act as people who deserve respect. Miguna, who was reacting to an incident in which a racist Chinese man was videotaped calling Kenyans 'monkeys' and insulting President Uhuru Kenyatta,…

The Kenyan embassy in Washington, DC says it will only work with recognized and registered diaspora associations. In a notice sent out in May, 2018, the embassy urged diaspora associations and organizations that are yet to register with them to do so before October 31st, 2018. The embassy says only…

The government through the Immigration Department is set to open eight new centers where e-Passports will be issued as it seeks to beat the September, 2019 deadline for phasing out old generation passports. Of the new centers, four will be based in the country while the other four will be launched…

Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna claims he used Sh274,000 to repair his house which was damaged by police during a raid that saw him arrested on February 2nd, 2018. Police stormed Miguna's residence located in Nairobi's Runda estate and forcefully arrested him for allegedly…

A section of Kenyans living in Germany on Saturday staged a peaceful protest outside the Kenyan embassy in Berlin. The diaspora community pitched tent outside the premises housing the Kenyan embassy in protest of what they termed as poor services especially those touching on acquisition of e-…

Settling is one of the main challenges that faces those moving to new countries especially when you have no friends or relatives to help you do so in the new environment. It is for this reason that Kenyan-born Helen Meria decided to start helping Kenyans, especially students moving to Australia to…

A newly released parliamentary report has exposed the sorry physical state of Kenya's foreign missions and residences of ambassadors in different foreign countries. The report reveals how embassies in the United States, including New York and Washington, DC have turned old and dilapidated due to…

A Kenyan man in Inidiana has been arrested after he allegedly attacked his wife using an axe. 37-year-old Joseph Waithira from Warsaw City, Kosciusko County, Indiana was arrested on Monday night after reportedly striking his wife, Sandy Waithira, 33, with an axe, leaving her with serious injuries.…

Two Kenyans allegedly fled to Kenya after stealing millions of shillings from their employer in Bahrain. A Bahrain online news outlet reported that the two Kenyan domestic workers stole 150,000 Bahrain dinars (about Sh40 million) from their employer in Bahrain before flying to Kenya. The two,…

President Uhuru Kenyatta is set to break the tradition by not meeting Kenyans in the diaspora during his trip to the United States. Kenyatta landed in Washington, DC on Saturday afternoon and was received by Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary ambassador Monica Juma, Kenya's ambassador to America…