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US Couple Convicted of Smuggling Kenyan Woman into the Country, Exploiting Her as a Domestic Servant
An American couple in New Jersey has been convicted of smuggling a Kenyan woman from Kenya into the United States and forcing her to work long work at their house with little pay.
Mary and Michael Wood were found guilty of harboring an alien for financial gain and conspiracy by a federal court…
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The amount of money sent home by Kenyans in the Diaspora increased about four per cent in the first three months compared to 2016. According to Central Bank data, between January and March this year, the diaspora community made total remittances of $432 million (Sh44.7 billion) compared to $415…
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A Kenyan woman is on trial for her role in the murder of her husband in Ebersdorf, Germany. 32-year-old Armina A. is charged with conspiring with her lover, identified as 38-year-old Jan D., to kill her husband while she distracted him with sex.
The prosecutor says Armina conspired with Jan…
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A Kenyan Mukurino has caught the eyes of Kenyans after his photos went viral on social media. David Waigwa Wachira, 32, is an employee of the World Bank. He has been working at the Bretton Woods institution for the last four years and is currently a public sector specialist in the Governance Global…
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A Kenyan man has lost his life after getting shot Saturday night at a gas station that he worked in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mike Mulwa, 29, was shot on Saturday night at a gas station located in the 9800 block of Parkway East in Birmingham, Alabama. He was rushed to UAB Hospital and underwent surgery…
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Sweden will be deporting a 28-year-old Kenyan woman after she allegedly failed a test to prove she is a lesbian. Lucy Murugi, who arrived in Sweden two years ago, says she fears going back to Kenya because her life is in danger.
Lucy told a Swedish media that her family turned their back on her…
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A Kenyan woman has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found guilty of trafficking of methamphetamine four years ago.
Rose Achieng Ojala was arrested on November 30th, 2013 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…
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It was sorrow for British teen with Kenyan roots, Sarah Ikumu after she failed to go to the finals, exiting at semi-final stage of Britain’s Got Talent show on Wednesday night.
Judges of the Britain’s Got Talent watched in doubt as the show’s favorite missed out of the final three slots after she…
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The families of the four Kenyans sentenced to life in South Sudan two years ago on Tuesday held protests seeking to have the government intervene and have them released.
According to the family members, the four were not subjected to the rule of law in the neighboring country, asking the government…
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A section of Kenyans living in the diaspora have joined calls by the opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) to have the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announce presidential polls results at constituency level in the August 8th polls.
The group, led by Raila…
