DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyans have reportedly been banned from hotels in Guangzhou, a city in the province of Guangdong, southern China. Reports indicate the ban was issued against Kenyan citizens alongside their Uganda and Nigeria counterparts after an alleged criminal activity committed by a person of African origin…

Plans are underway for President Uhuru Kenyatta to charter a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight to New York in United States to attend the 73rd United Nations General Assembly scheduled to open on the September 18. Officials from the USA Federal Aviation administration are currently in the country to train…

The government says it will be helping more than 70 Kenyans who are stranded in Qatar fly back to the country.  The group is stuck in Qatar over lack of travel documents and flight tickets after losing their jobs. Their contracts were terminated after going on strike over unpaid salaries.…

US actress Shamea Morton has announced she's expecting a baby girl with her Kenyan husband Gerald Mwangi.  This will be the Real Housewives of Atlanta starlet's first born child following her marriage to Mwangi in 2017. The television personality and the businessman tied the knot in an invite-…

Families of several Kenyans who are stranded in the Middle East have pleaded with the government to intervene and help bring them back home. Daily Nation reports that the more than 70 Kenyans are stuck in Qatar over lack of travel documents and flight tickets after being ejected by their employers…

Kenya native Leonard Kiptoo Langat has been sent to prison in the United States after pleading guilty to rape charges. Langat, son of a former Woman Representative from the Rift Valley was sentenced to 12 to 24 years in prison for the sexual offence. He was undergoing military training at the Naval…

A Ugandan man in Massachusetts, United States has committed suicide after reportedly learning that his wife was seeing another man. Abel Ayinza, an adopted son of Pastor Samuel Mutyaba of New Life Christian International Church in Watertown, Massachusetts allegedly took away his life after photos…

Kenyans in the diaspora sent home a record $266.2 million (Sh26.8 billion) in the month of June, a 72 percent jump compared to the same period last year. The increased diaspora remittances are largely attributed to lower costs of sending money and the effect of the tax pardon for Kenyans hiding…

Kenyan real estate firm Optiven Group has opened a new office in the United States as part of its continued efforts to capture diaspora investors. Optiven Chief Executive Officer George Wachiuri oversaw the opening of the new office in Kansas City as the company celebrated its 20th anniversary in…

Kenyans in diaspora could soon have a representative in Parliament if MPs pass a new Bill to be tabled before the House. The Bill, being prepared by Ndia MP George Kariuki seeks to introduce amendments to Article 97(1) of the Constitution. Kariuki wants Kenyans abroad be listed as a special…