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The government has evacuated a Kenyan woman who was admitted to a hospital in August last year after being brutally attacked in Albania.
The State Department for Diaspora Affairs said the plane carrying Joyce Aoko, her mother and her medical team left Albania on Wednesday and would land at…
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The Canadian High Commission in Nairobi says it is looking into an alleged murder plot against Kenyan-Canadian nurse Lucy Njeri.
Njeri, a former professional athlete based in Toronto, accuses her husband Nelson Ndereba of hiring hitmen and paying them Sh1.5 million to kill her when she arrived in…
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CNN's 2022 Hero of the Year Award winner Nelly Cheboi has bagged another top award in the United States.
Cheboi, a 29-year-old Kenyan software engineer based in the US, is among the 12 winners of this year’s Elevate Prize.
She was recognized for her role in building technology labs in rural…
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The legal proceedings against the boyfriend of a missing Kenyan nursing student in the US will commence on April 3rd.
The 10-day trial for Nathan Hightman, 39, will take place in the Sixth District Court in Campbell County, with District Judge James Michael Causey presiding, according to a filing…
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Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has faulted a section of Kenyans in the diaspora for engaging in illegal businesses.
Speaking on Citizen TV's JKLive show on Wednesday, Mutua said some Kenyans brew illicit liquor in Gulf countries, where the sale and consumption of…
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A group of Kenyans in the diaspora has petitioned the government to abolish the English proficiency test for Kenyans seeking jobs abroad.
The group argues that it is illogical to subject graduates who have taken their studies from primary to university in English to such language tests.
“After…
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A Kenyan family is appealing for the government’s help to repatriate the body of their daughter who died in Saudi Arabia last month.
Sharon Andeka, 27, from Shinyalu, Kakamega County, passed away on December 30th while undergoing treatment at Shemesiy Hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh.
The…
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Remittances from Kenyans in the diaspora reached an all-time annual record of $4,028 million (Sh497.2 billion) in 2022, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
This represents an increase of 8.3 percent compared to $3,718 million (Sh458.9 billion) received from Kenyans…
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Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu has urged distressed Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia to seek shelter at the Sakan Holding Center.
Njogu, who is part of a Kenyan government delegation visiting Saudi Arabia in a bid to address the challenges facing migrant workers there,…
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Labor and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore is currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia in a bid to address the challenges facing Kenyan migrant workers.
On the first day of her labor migration mission in the Gulf state, Bore and her delegation met with Coordination Council for…
