DIASPORA NEWS

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The Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) has hailed President Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga over last Friday unity pact. In a statement issued by KDA chairperson Shem Ochuodho on Saturday, the group said the move will reunite Kenyans, heal wounds, and take the country back to the path of…
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A Kenyan man in the United States was found dead in his apartment in Los Angeles, California on Monday, March 5th. Meshack Ogweno Apidi was confirmed dead after a co-worker went to his house to check up on him after he failed to report to work for several weeks. He found his body lying on the floor…
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A university professor is set to be deported to Kenya after living more than two decades in the United States. Dr Mzenga Aggrey Wanyama, a relative of Devolution Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa and who has been teaching at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is set to be deported to…
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Self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna has reacted to the decision by National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga to work with President Kenyatta. In a statement to the press on Friday, the former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant appeared to have been angered by…
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National Resistance Movement (NRM) self-declared general Miguna Miguna has opened a Paypal account where well-wishers can contribute funds to enable him buy an air ticket for his return to Kenya. In a tweet, the former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant said he needs cash for the ticket and to repair…
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Police in Dubai are hunting for a Kenyan security guard who allegedly stole Dh5 million (Sh130 million) from a cash transfer vehicle as it refilled cash at an ATM machine in a shopping mall. Popular UAE news daily, Khaleek Times reported that the the Kenyan guard distracted fellow guards when the…
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Kenyans in the diaspora have been urged to exercise caution while in foreign countries to avoid being caught on the wrong side of the law. Speaking after the unveiling of the Kenyan Foreign Policy at the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma revealed…
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A family in Kisauni area of Mombasa is seeking government’s intervention to have their daughter, who has remained in detention in Saudi Arabia since 2016, return home. Lavina Mapenzi Ngolo is reportedly being held at a Saudia prison, awaiting a death sentence, after she was found to have fallen in…
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A Kenyan man was on Sunday found dead at his apartment in Framingham, Massachusetts. The lifeless body of 32-year-old Victor Odhiambo Ang’awa was found lying on the floor at about 6pm EST and appeared to have collapsed on his couch. His neighbors say they saw him around the compound about an hour…
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A Kenyan couple found dead inside their Jersey City, New Jersey home on Monday morning had a history of marital problems, neighbors say. Lydiah Okongo, 40, and her husband, 51-year-old Henry Okongo, were found dead of gunshot wounds inside the couple's residence located at 2 Mina Drive at around 8:…