DIASPORA NEWS

Hours after tendering her resignation from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), former commissioner Roselyn Akombe has thrown another 'bombshell' on the mess dogging commission. Speaking during an interview with KTN on phone on Wednesday from New York, Akombe said that the…

IEBC commissioner Dr Roslyne Akombe, who resigned from the commission last night, is said to have used an opportunity to travel to Dubai on an official trip to flee Kenya for the United States. Akombe along with another commissioner had been scheduled to be in Dubai leading a delegation that is…

Kenyan comedian George Maina, well known as "Njoro" in the Churchill Comedy show will be gracing a peace concert organized by Kenyans living in the United States. The entertainer is among a number of guests invited to host the event to be held in Long Beach,California. Dubbed Amani Food festival,…

The Kenyan Diaspora residing in Maryland and surrounding states on Saturday, October 14th held a rally in support of the Jubilee Party government. The event was also billed as a prayer rally for peace in Kenya. Speaker after speaker at the event asked for Kenyans to maintain peace and unity as the…

A Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) belonging to a Kenyan national by the name David Mwangi Wambugu was found lying on the street in Baltimore, Maryland. The owner of the card can arrange to collect it by calling/texting 443-854-4921.

Supporters of Jubilee Party and National Super Alliance living in the United Kingdom on Friday took to the streets on London to show solidarity with their preferred presidential candidates in a typical supremacy battle. The two groups held separate protests in the UK's capital before converging…

A Kenyan church in Baltimore has filed a federal lawsuit against the Baltimore County and Board of Appeals of Baltimore County for discrimination and violation of civil rights. In the lawsuit filed on October 13, 2017, Jesus Christ is the Answer Ministries and its pastor, Reverend Lucy Ware,…

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…

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.…

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…