Singer, songwriter, and dance-floor instigator KG Omulo can do anything. He regularly packs American clubs with gritty calls for justice and hard-hitting Afrofunk. He has moved sold-out arenas with his baritone voice in his native Kenya. He takes on the dark ironies of politics, with anger in the groove, reveling in the potential to shake things up while shaking your thing.

The Kenya High Commission in London is now processing issuance of National Identity Cards. The processing of a National Identity Card will take approximately six to eight weeks from the date of application.

All applicants are required to pay a processing fee of thirty Pounds (£30) and each applicant has to appear in person.

Applications for the National ID’s will only be accepted on Monday & Tuesday of the week.

Wamuhu Waweru | producer, model, travel consultant

“I love the fact that one can showcase the richness of culture with fashion,” Wamuhu says in what is her basic backdrop of jeans and a tee while piling on her luxe tribal accessories. In this case, showstopper brass earrings from the same designer in LA who made things for Chaka Khan and Diana Ross, a beaded head piece and Maasai body piece and espadrilles made of indigenous fabric.

Research undertaken by the Kenya ICT Board has revealed that companies operating in the ICT sector are having difficulty finding enough skilled staff.

Approximately a quarter of companies that responded to the Julisha Monitoring and Evaluation Survey said they were not satisfied with the quality of professionals produced by Kenyan universities and colleges. A third of companies contact external providers to fill these skills gaps rather than employing Kenyan graduates.

Today, Nov 10, 2011 marks the second anniversary of Mwakilishi.com. It was on Nov 10, 2009 that we went online and first published our first article. We have since published thousands of news articles, blogs, announcements, and videos on different topics mainly affecting or relating to the Kenyan Diaspora. As of today, our website contains a total of 22,417 news articles, blogs, videos, announcements, and forum topics.

Priscilla Okwaro, the reigning Miss Kenya USA is a finalist for the Miss Africa USA 2011/2012 Scholarship pageant that will be held in Silver Spring Maryland on November 13, 2011.

The Miss Africa USA Scholarship Pageant seeks to showcase African heritage in the USA by providing a platform for young African women in the Diaspora to utilize their talents, leadership and dual cultural experiences as a means to speak up and raise awareness about pertinent issues affecting both Africa and the USA.

Mfonobong Nsehe, A Forbes contributor, has compiled a list of top 20 African Power Women. These are 20 women, all under age 45, who wield enormous influence in African business, technology, policy and media. They are change makers, trendsetters, visionaries and thinkers, builders, and young global leaders. They are at the vanguard of Africa’s imminent socio-economic revolution and its contemporary renaissance.

Ory Okolloh, Kenyan - Founder, Ushahidi

Extravagant lifestyles, the allure of extramarital affairs and the quest to live to public expectations drain most Kenyan parliamentarians’ salaries, leaving them in perpetual financial crises.

Beneath the dark suits, flashy lifestyles and fuel guzzlers, most of our parliamentarians are a distressed lot wallowing in financial burdens.

DJ Expect

In the wake of a tornado disaster in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a Kenyan has emerged as a local hero, coordinating response from New York city first, then flying in and working things on the ground and is all over the news. 

Daniel Munyambu arrived in the UK four years ago in 2007 from Kenya where he has been doing business. After arrival he started working as well as studying politics. He has always been interested in politics.

Two years ago, he started participating in the local politics in his area in Basildon, Essex, UK where he became very popular with the locals. He joined the local labour team and at last, they nominated him to participate in the council elections Thursday 5th May, 2011 where he was declared a winner with 52.3 % majority.