DIASPORA NEWS
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Forty five private firms have received government's nod to recruit Kenyans for employment abroad, in an effort to eliminate fraudulent hiring agencies.
In a gazette notice on Tuesday, National Employment Authority acting director-general Rael Rotich published the names of the 45 companies that have…
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A Kenyan woman in the United States has been found dead in her Columbus, Ohio apartment.
23-year-old Irine Mudagale Yonge reportedly collapsed and passed away on December 29th in her apartment in East Columbus, while preparing to report to work.
Her body was discovered a day later, after one of her…
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We are deeply saddened to inform you that Nicholas Marenga Mburu of Ellicott City, Maryland passed away on Sunday, January 7th in a tragic car accident off Route 100 and Snowden.
Nicholas was a graduate of Mt. Hebron High and UMBC. He leaves behind his beloved parents Joyce and Joseph Mburu and his…
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An autopsy carried out on the body of a Kenyan student who passed on aboard a Delta Airways flight in the United States days to Christmas have revealed that he succumbed to a heart attack.
Griffin Gutwa(18), a medical student at the University of San Diego was headed home from San Diego in…
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A Kenyan family living in the United States whose son died aboard a Delta Airways plane headed to Minneapolis from San Diego days before Christmas has questioned the circumstances leading to his demise.
18-year-old Griffin Gutwa had just completed his exams at the San Diego University and was…
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Diaspora remittances have reduced by 5.56 percent in the month of November 2017 in comparison to October.
This is the first time the inflows from diaspora have decreased since August 2017, even as the cumulative remittances in the first 11 months of the year reached a new record high.
Official data…
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A Kenyan teenager in the United States reportedly died inside a Minneapolis-bound Delta Airlines flight that had left San Diego, California.
18-year-old Griffin Gutwa, a medicine student at the University of San Diego, California allegedly died after falling asleep in the plane while on his way…
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A Kenyan woman in the United States reportedly died after she was involved in what her family said was a hit-and-run crash in Phoenix, Arizona.
31-year-old Sheila Jeptanui Chuchuney's family said she succumbed to injuries moments after being taken to a local hospital.
Sheila lived in Mombasa, Kenya…
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A Kenyan student in India was on Sunday arrested by authorities after being found in possession of narcotic substances.
21-year-old Elijah Malcolm Onyango was arrested with narcotic substances worth about Rs 2.4 lakh at Palolem in Canacona during a swoop by Canacona anti-narcotics police.
Speaking…
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A Kenyan man is in custody in Mesa, Arizona after police say he was drunk at work as he cared for the elderly at a senior care facility.
Court documents say George Mathenge, 30, was the only care provider working the night shift on Christmas. Patients and some family members noticed that Mathenge…
