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A former resident of Dallas, Texas has won the Jubilee nomination for the Senate seat in Nakuru County.
Susan Kihika, the current Nakuru County Assembly speaker, won overwhelmingly, garnering 192,596 against her challenger Karanja Kabage who had 30,916 votes.
Susan practiced law in Dallas, Texas…
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A Kenyan man has been admitted at a medical Assisted Facility in Wayne, New Jersey for the last two years after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident. Almost as equally as sad is that up until a few days ago when his case was publicized on social media, Bernard Wambui Mumo had not received…
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An American born boy with Kenyan roots is making headlines in the United States after getting accepted to all eight Ivy League universities in the US that he had applied for.
17-year-old Derek Onserio, a son of Kenyan immigrants living in Osseo, Minnesota, has been accepted to Harvard, Yale,…
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Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o has endorsed her father’s bid for Kisumu governorship in a passionate video message seen on Thursday.
The US based actress disclosed that she looks forward to seeing Kisumu grow into a center of excellence, a feat she claimed that only her dad could achieve.
“All my live…
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A doctor who was arrested in the United States for practicing with Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has links in Kenya.
On Tuesday, federal prosecutors told a Detroit court that the 44-year-old woman by the name, Jumana Nagarwala should not be granted bail on fears that she could possibly flee to…
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A Kenyan newborn is being held hostage by a hospital in the United Arab Emirates until his parents clear the $80,000 hospital bill.
The baby, Kiama Mwangi Kamau, was born on February 11th prematurely at 25 weeks. Kiama’s mother, Ruth Wambui Mwaura says she had gone to Sharjah, UAE on holiday when…
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The High Court in Australia has ruled that Kenyan-born lawyer Lucy Gichuhi was duly elected as senator.
Lucy, who belongs to the Family First Party, will now become the next senator of South Australia after she won a special vote recount of least yar’s election and now validated by the court.
The…
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Kenya could soon export 100,000 workers to Saudi Arabia if negotiations between the two nations are fruitful.
In a deal negotiated last week when a high Saudi government delegation visited Nairobi, Kenya will send about 100,000 workers in skilled and semi-skilled sectors such as nurses and…
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A Kenyan man, Francis K. Gatua was found dead in his Hilldreth St apartment in Lowell, Massachusetts apartment on Friday afternoon.
There is no word yet on his cause of death.
The late Gatua does not have immediate family members in the US, but his family in Kenya has been informed of the sad news…
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A Kenyan-born woman has been elected Senator in Australia. Lucy Gichuhi will become the next Senator of South Australia after she won a court-ordered vote recount. Lucy becomes the first Kenyan-born individual to hold such a powerful political seat anywhere in the world
The vote recount was ordered…
