Mwakilishi News Bulletin - Evening Edition, Tuesday 10 November 2026

Evening Edition for Tuesday, 10 November 2026. Running time 8:19.

In this bulletin

Diaspora News

1. Kenya Bets on Sea Jobs for Diaspora Earnings
2. Kenyans in Switzerland Face November Thirty Deadline
3. Diaspora Rallies to Repatriate Student Dead in Wales

Immigration News

1. IBM Ends Visa Sponsorship for Most Consulting Roles
2. UK Care Recruiter Rules Out Visa Sponsorship
3. Canada Opens Five Thousand Five Hundred Rural Permanent Residence Spaces

Kenya News

1. Gachagua Tells Ruto to Stop Using His Name in Gusii
2. Kioni Warns Opposition Over Gachagua Political Cult
3. Tolls and Cable Cars Planned on Rift Valley Corridor
4. Ruto Mocks Gachagua as Mister Texas in Gusii
5. Over Seven Hundred Protest Victims Compensated as IPOA Reports on River Yala
6. Court Hears Tob Cohen's Final Wills Cut Out Wairimu

Transcript

This is the news from Mwakilishi.com.

Good evening. It's 6 o'clock this evening on Tuesday, the tenth of November, and here is your evening edition.

Coming up.

Kenya bets on international sea jobs to boost diaspora earnings.

Ruto and Gachagua trade bitter insults over the Gusii region.

Kenyan domestic worker sentenced to one hundred lashes in Saudi Arabia.

Those stories, and more, in the next few minutes.

In diaspora news, Kenya wants young people to take international sea jobs under its Kazi Majuu labour export scheme. The State Department for Diaspora Affairs, the Kenya Maritime Authority and Bandari Maritime Academy plan to train and certify youth from Mombasa, Kilifi and Lamu for ocean-going vessels. Retired Captain Nelson Baiyu spent twenty-seven years commanding cargo ships, earned over one point seven million shillings monthly, and invested in land, property and farming in Kenya. Officials say ship owners cover accommodation, meals and medical care at sea.

Staying with the diaspora, Kenyans in Switzerland have until the thirtieth of November to collect processed documents from the Kenyan embassy in Bern before the mission closes permanently. Applicants must present valid identification and their receipts. The closure ends consular services and Kenya's diplomatic presence in Bern after six years. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'oei says it is part of a wider rationalisation of Kenya's diplomatic footprint, closing some missions and opening others. He assures Kenyans abroad they will continue to receive services nearby.

Also from the diaspora, a Kenyan student from Eldoret has been found dead at his university accommodation in South Wales. A fellow Kenyan student found him unresponsive on Friday the sixth of November. He had moved to Britain in the winter of twenty twenty-five to begin his studies. His family has been informed, and a postmortem will determine the cause of death. Kenyans in South Wales are mobilising funds to repatriate the body, and he is survived by three sisters, including a twin.

Turning to immigration news, IBM will stop sponsoring work visas and employment green cards for most roles in its consulting arm. Reuters reports the decision covers the H-one-B specialty visa and the permanent residence process, closing a major pathway for Kenyan tech professionals. The report did not state an effective date or how pending sponsorship cases will be treated. The H-one-B programme admits up to eighty-five thousand new workers each fiscal year, and visas run three years, renewable to six.

Staying with immigration, the UK care provider Swift SF Limited is hiring across seven locations in England, but has explicitly ruled out visa sponsorship. The temporary and part-time roles cover carers, support workers and mental health youth support workers in London, Hertfordshire, Oxford, Reading, Brighton, Norwich and Tonbridge. Kenyans hoping to relocate through these vacancies are ineligible unless they already hold valid UK work authorisation. Those already in Britain legally can earn starting salaries of twelve pounds seventy-one an hour.

Also on immigration, Canada has created five thousand five hundred permanent residence spaces under a new rural immigration policy, opening a settlement pathway for skilled African workers including Kenyans. Business Insider Africa reports the programme directs newcomers toward rural and remote communities that struggle to attract workers through mainstream economic streams. The Immigration Levels Plan cut the twenty twenty-six target to two hundred and fifty-four thousand admissions, so the rural spaces represent roughly two per cent of the yearly quota.

Turning to Kenya, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has told President William Ruto to stop invoking his name as he courts the Gusii region. Reported by Capital FM, Gachagua accuses the president of neglecting Gusii and depending on rhetoric and handouts to build goodwill before the twenty twenty-seven election. He says Ruto should offer a delivery record residents can judge. Gachagua was Ruto's running mate in twenty twenty-two until parliament impeached and removed him in twenty twenty-four. The Gusii region spans Kisii and Nyamira counties.

Staying with Kenya, Jubilee Deputy Party Leader Jeremiah Kioni has cautioned opposition leaders against letting former Deputy President Gachagua centralise power in the United Opposition. Kioni says the push to unseat President Ruto has allowed personality politics to overshadow national issues, warning that concentrating influence risks creating political strongmen. He says several leaders are joining Gachagua's Democracy for the Citizens Party to protect their own ambitions. Kioni insists political cults are growing and accountability must come through the ballot.

Also from Kenya, drivers on the Nairobi to Nakuru highway could pay up to one thousand four hundred and forty-seven shillings in tolls once the Rironi to Mau Summit expressway opens. Transport Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir says the rate is eight shillings per kilometre on the Rironi to Gilgil section and eight shillings fifty between Gilgil and Mau Summit. He says free alternatives include the new Mau Mau road and the Ngong to Suswa road. Cable cars are planned at the Great Rift Valley viewpoint.

Back in Kenyan politics, President Ruto has mocked his former deputy as Mister Texas and Mister Chuki during his Gusii development tour. Addressing a gathering in Bonchari, Kisii County, the president compared Gachagua to King Herod and called him a one-term MP and a political failure. He urged Gachagua to leave young leaders alone, naming Kimani Ichung'wah, Ndindi Nyoro and Aaron Cheruiyot among others. Mister Ruto declared his generation will exit the political stage in twenty thirty-two.

Elsewhere in Kenya, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority has submitted a preliminary report on the River Yala killings to the state compensation panel. IPOA chairperson Duncan Ojwang' Oburu handed the document to the Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Human Rights Violations, covering extrajudicial killings between twenty thirteen and twenty twenty-six. The panel has paid reparations to more than seven hundred protest victims, two hundred and thirty-six families, sixteen victims of sexual violence, and over one hundred and forty economic loss claims.

Still in Kenya, a lawyer has told the Kibera High Court he prepared three wills for Dutch businessman Tob Cohen, whose widow Sarah Wairimu is on trial. Veteran advocate Geoffrey Chege Kirundi testified before Justice Diana Kavedza that Cohen's first will left his estate to Wairimu and her daughter, a second removed the daughter, and a final will left them nothing, giving the wealth including the Kitisuru home to Cohen's sister Gabriella and her son. Kirundi questioned the authenticity of a twenty nineteen succession document.

And that is your evening edition. The next bulletin is at midday tomorrow. You can read every one of these stories in full, and much more besides, at Mwakilishi.com.

Have a good evening.

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