DIASPORA NEWS

In a bid to give back to their parent country, a group of Kenyan professionals living in the United States came together to form an non-profit organization, Innovative Technologies Advancement & Research Campus (ITARC), that promotes health well-being and organizes medical missions in various…

A Kenyan diaspora group based in the United States has thrown its weight behind President Uhuru Kenyatta’s reelection bid in the August 8th general elections. The group, Uhuruto Diaspora Team, converged in Maryland, USA on Saturday in a show of solidarity with President Uhuru as he seeks a second…

A Kenyan High Court on Tuesday sentenced to death a Kenyan businesswoman based in the United States after she was found guilty of shooting and killing her husband three years ago. Sheila Wanjiku will face the hangsman after she was found culpable of murdering Leonard Kibinge on April 15, 2014…

Kenyan diaspora returnee Edwin Dande, who founded $800 million-valued Cytonn Investments, has announced that the firm has now converted to a public company. The new move means that Cytonn shareholders and joint venture partners will now freely be allowed to transfer shares following its conversion…

The Kenyan diaspora community made record monthly remittances in May, 2017, becoming the highest foreign exchange source ahead of tea, official data has revealed. Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) monthly data has indicated that diaspora remittances stood at $161.50 million (Sh16.78 billion) in May, an…

Raymond Kibet, a Kenyan chemical engineering student at Tulane University in New Orleans, USA, says that he eyes a Gold medal for Kenya in the World Championships scheduled for August 4th to 13th in London, United Kingdom. The youngster clocked a personal best of 45.21 seconds in May in the USA to…

A Roman Catholic priest originally from Kenya accused of sexually assaulting a fellow priest in Rogers City, Michigan was last week found not guilty of the crime. Father Sylvestre Obwaka was acquitted on Thursday, July 20th to charges that he sexually assaulted another priest at the rectory at St…

Two people have reportedly vanished with millions of shillings raised by some Kenyans living in the Diaspora for opposition National Super Alliance (NASA). The cash was allegedly raised by a group of Kenyans residing in Minnesota, USA and was meant to bolster former Prime Minister Raila Odinga…

Japheth Kaluyu, a Kenyan presidential candidate formerly based in the United States, has vowed to save Kenya from the shackles of corruption and reduce taxation on Kenyans if he is elected the President in next month's elections. Speaking during the 2017 Presidential Television debate, Kaluyu, who…

A Kenyan businesswoman based in the United States accused of shooting and killing her husband three years ago has been found guilty of the charges by a Kenyan High Court. Justice Jessie Lesiit on Monday found Sheila Wanjiku Kibinge guilty of murdering her husband, Leonard Kibinge Kiruri on April 15…