DIASPORA NEWS

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President Uhuru's Jubilee Party supporters living and working in the United Kingdom (UK) pitched tent outside Chatham House in London, where National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga was giving a talk on Friday. Don in Jubilee Party attire, the supporters marched outside the premises in…
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Kenyans living abroad made record remittances for the month of August, fresh data from the Central Bank of Kenya indicates. Official figures from CBK show that diaspora inflows hit a record Sh17.18 billion ($166.41 million), translating to a 13.4 per cent increase compared to $146.74 million (Sh15.…
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A Kenyan woman in Worcester, Massachusetts was arrested on Wednesday and charged with stealing $2.7 million through Medicaid fraud. Hellen Kiago, 47, is charged with defrauding the state’s Medicaid system through her Lifestream Healthcare Alliance, LLC company by over-billing and billing for…
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Former US-based Kenyan scholar Japheth Kavinga Kaluyu and his running mate Muthiora Kariara have announced they are back in the presidential race for the October 26th fresh poll following a High Court ruling on Wednesday that allowed all candidates in the August 8th election be om the ballot for…
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President Uhuru supporters living in the Unites States on Saturday held demonstrations in New Brunswick, New Jersey to counter protests held last week in New York by opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters. The President's backers dismissed their Nasa counterparts and termed their…
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A Belgium-based Kenyan man who has been arrested after stabbing his wife to death is a diehard supporter of opposition National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga and a fierce critic of the Jubilee government, his Facebook profile reveals. James Ololo was arrested by authorities in Belgium…
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A 55-year-old Kenyan man based in Belgium has been arrested after allegedly killing his wife. Belgian newspaper HLN reports that James Ololo drove to his wife’s house to plead with her to terminate a court case in which she applied for divorce. James Ololo then refused to leave the residence and…
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The government has suspended the operations of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) connected to US-based Kenyan scholar Makau Mutua. The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) has been ordered to shut down all its offices in Kenya with immediate effect. In a letter NGOs Co-ordination…
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Jubilee Party supporters in Phoenix, Arizona have condemned their Nasa counterparts over last Saturday's protests outside United Nations headquarters in New York. In a statement, Jubilee Party US coordinator, Engineer John Kamau said that it was out of order for Kenyans living in the US to protest…
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British author Kazuo Ishiguro of the "The Remains of the Day" novel has scooped the Nobel Literature Prize. While announcing him the winner, Swedish Academy said the 62-year-old, "in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world."…