DIASPORA NEWS

Police in Douglasville, Georgia on Saturday found human remains in an area where missing 17-year-old Kenyan boy Yaron Kathuri was last seen. The remains were discovered in an area between Arbor Station and Douglas Boulevard, one of the last known locations that the teenager was known to be at,…

An American man was this month found guilty of murder in the 2020 killing of his Kenyan girlfriend Olga Ooro whose body has never been found. Darnell Sterling, 57, of Southeast DC, was convicted of second-degree murder by a jury on October 4th following a trial in D.C. Superior Court. He was also…

A Kenyan family in the US state of North Carolina is mourning the death of their kin, who was killed at her place of work on Tuesday afternoon. June Onkundi, a mental health nurse practitioner, was stabbed to death by a patient at the Freedom House Recovery Center in Durham, WRAL News reported.…

A family from Kangundo, Machakos County is appealing to the government to help repatriate the body of their daughter, who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia about two months ago. 28-year-old Mercy Sakim, who served as a domestic worker in the Gulf country, is reported to have died…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $318 million (Sh38.5 billion) in September, 2022, the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. September’s diaspora inflows represent a 2.6 percent increase compared to $309.8 million (Sh37.5 billion) received in the same month in 2021, CBK…

A Kenyan family is seeking answers after their daughter died under mysterious circumstances in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Margaret Ruguru Waweru, who served as a domestic worker in the Middle East country, was in constant communication with her family until March this year when she suddenly went silent…

The family of a Kenyan teenager reported missing in Douglasville, Georgia last week says their son recently battled depression and suicidal ideation. Yaron Kathuri, 17, was last seen around 8 a.m. on September 28th on the 5800 block of Chapel Village Court in Douglassville. His parents Andrew…

A US-based software startup founded by Kenyan immigrant Diana Muturia has been selected for the first cohort of Amazon Web Service’s accelerator program for female founders. Clyn, an online platform that connects cleaning professionals to clients, is one of 25 companies that will benefit from AWS…

Kenyan-born murder convict Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, who is charged with killing 22 women in the US state of Texas, is set to be tried for the death of a second woman. Chemirmir’s capital murder trial in the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks is scheduled to commence on Monday in Dallas, CBS News…

A fundraiser has been initiated ahead of lawyer Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya this month after his deportation almost five years ago. The fundraiser, dubbed “Justice For Miguna is Justice for all Kenyans”, invites all to voluntarily send contributions in aid of the attorney’s homecoming. He says…