DIASPORA NEWS

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The family of a Kenyan teenager who was reported missing in the US state of Georgia has organized a search party on Saturday after the vehicle he was driving on the day he disappeared was found. 17-year-old Yaron Kathuri was last seen in Douglasville, Georgia wearing a white NASA hoodie and black…
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The trial of Darnell Sterling, who is accused of murdering his Kenyan girlfriend Olga Ooro in Washington, DC in 2020 began on September 13th. D.C. Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan told jurors that the trial is expected to last two-and-a-half to three weeks, Keith Alexander of the The…
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A Kenyan family in Georgia is appealing for help to find their son, who has been missing for days. Yaron Kathuri, 17, was last seen in Douglasville, Georgia, driving a gold color 1998 Lexus ES300 GA tag RKH0784, according to the family. He was wearing a white NASA hoodie and black pants. “His…
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The parents of Hellen Wendy Nyabuto, a Kenyan student who died while swimming in Canada last month, have visited the swimming pool where she drowned. Accompanied by other family members, Hellen’s mother and father laid flowers at the edge of the pool's seven-foot mark where their daughter lost her…
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A Kenyan family is seeking answers following the alleged murder of their daughter in Cairo, Egypt on September 23rd. Grace Wangoi, 32, from Moi’s Bridge in Trans-Nzoia County, has been a domestic worker in the North African country for the past seven years, her family told The Standard.  Until…
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President Ruto has appointed former Machakos Governor Dr. Alfred Mutua as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. Mutua, who served as the governor for Machakos for two terms, takes over from Raychelle Omamo, who has been in charge of the Foreign Office since 2020. He previously…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has changed his travel schedule due to “popular demand” and announced a new date for his much-anticipated return to Kenya. Miguna had on Thursday announced that he would depart Toronto, Canada on October 24th and land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport…
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Despite growing cases of abuse and ill-treatment of Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, the Gulf state has emerged as the fastest-growing source of diaspora remittances to Kenya. Citing data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Business Daily reported that cash flows from Kenyans living and…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna says he is returning to Kenya next month, following his deportation almost five years ago. Through Twitter on Thursday, Miguna said he will depart Toronto, Canada on October 24th and land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi the next…
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A GoFundMe page has been created to collect money that will be paid out to the person who gives information leading to the location of a missing barrel, arrest and conviction of the suspect behind the disappearance of Kenyan woman Irene Gakwa in the US. A 55-gallon metal drum has become a big focus…