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Caroline Gitonga has achieved her entrepreneurial goals by creating a successful restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia.  In an interview, Caroline revealed that she quit her job at the hospitality firm Double Tree after two decades of employment to establish African Soulfood with the help of her…
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Police officers have launched a manhunt for a Mombasa woman accused of defrauding more than 40 people out of Sh3.9 million by guaranteeing them employment in Singapore, Canada, Dubai and Saudi Arabia.  On Saturday, June 3rd, the victims divulged their predicament, saying they had been promised…
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Abey Muthoni Wachira, Ph.D, a psychologist employed by the University Counseling Services at Virginia Commonwealth University, has expertise in intercultural issues. Along with her colleague Kim, Wachira shed light on a variety of difficulties international students may face when adjusting to the…
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Kenyan-Born Lilian Seenoi-Barr has made history as the first black person to be elected to a public office in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.  As reported by Irish media outlet RTE, Barr won the May 20 elections with 15.5% of all votes cast to become part of Derry and Strabane City Council.…
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Veronicah Richards had the rare opportunity to converse with President William Ruto and promote her charitable objectives during the latter's visit to the US.   At that time, Richard was seeking to raise awareness of domestic violence experienced by Kenyan women and children. When Richards…
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Faith Kipyegon's achievement in lowering the 1500m world record at the Florence Diamond League meeting on Friday, June 2, 2023, has been received warmly around the world.  She crossed the finish line in 3 minutes 49.11 seconds, beating out Genzebe Dibaba's 2015 record of 3:50. Kipyegon…
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Citizen TV has refuted claims that they had abandoned investigative journalist Purity Mwambia, who was forced into exile after uncovering corrupt police officers.  In an interview with media outlets, a source from the Kilimani-based station stated that Mwambia was still associated with Royal…
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Former Citizen TV investigative journalist Purity Mwambia fled to the US after receiving death threats due to her story on rogue cops.  On May 30, 2023, she was invited to a conference hosted by the United States Department of State which focused on the special difficulties female journalists…
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Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared that he will clear the backlog of passports at the Immigration Department in a period of 21 days.  The CS said Kenyans that apply for passports will receive their documents within seven days. His utterance came on Wednesday, May 31, when Kindiki…
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Lewis Mureti, a beneficiary of the KENYA Airlift Program remembers with bliss his long-awaited first flight experience that gave him a foretaste of life in the US.  He ardently describes how he had longed for the chance to fly, however, his imagination had not been able to fully comprehend…