DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan real estate company, Optiven Group has embarked on another tour to the United States on an initiative dubbed "Empowering Kenyans in America." During the tour, the award-winning company will hold transformative Investment and Wealth Creation empowerment forums across the US. Optiven Chief…

The government of Kenya has called for action against four Lebanese citizens and a military officer caught on camera assaulting two Kenyan women in a suspected racist attack. In a video that has since gone viral online, the five were seen brutally attacking the two women in a location believed to…

Dr George Njoroge, a US-based Kenyan researcher, made history as the first African scientist to be granted over 100 patents by the American Patent and Trade Office. He is now set to be honored at FACE List Awards on July 14th at Capitale in New York.  Njoroge, a senior research fellow at Eli…

North-Carolina-based lawyer Jeff Matemu, a native of Kenya, has won a landmark immigration case against President Donald Trump's administration. In a ruling on Wednesday, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said that the US government will no longer use petty crimes without…

Kenyans living and working abroad have been urged to embrace Cooperative Saccos as safer platforms of sending money back home. Addressing members of the Kenya USA Diaspora Sacco during the Sacco’s Annual General Meeting held in Seattle, Washington over the weekend, Commissioner for Co-operatives…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) says Kenyans in the diaspora must declare the investments they have made in the host countries when they file their tax returns. Speaking on Citizen TV's Citizen Extra program on Monday, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Chief Manager for Domestic Taxes Department…

A video of a Lebanese army official assaulting two Kenyan women in Beirut, Lebanon, has emerged online. In the footage lasting 1:31, the seemingly heavy built man is seen reigning blows and kicks to two ladies who are seated on the floor, while he grabs them by their hair. Later, some members of…

A section of Kenyan men in the United States have launched an empowerment network that will focus on empowering members living and working abroad. The network, Dubbed Kenya Men Empowered Network (KEMEN), was formally launched on Saturday in Taunton, Massachusetts in a function attended by more than…

A Kenyan man has been indicted by a grand jury in Dallas, Texas with the murder of an 81-year-old woman. 45-year-old Billy Chemirmir was indicted last week on capital murder in connection with the death of Lu Thi Harris in March of this year in Frisco, Texas. The charge sheet states that Chemirmir…

Self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna has backed Deputy President William Ruto's early campaigns for 2022 presidential elections. In a tweet, the firebrand lawyer said that, although he doesn't support the Deputy President's state house bid, he has a right to criss-…