A young Kenyan woman is fighting for her life in a Dubai hospital following a brutal weekend assault in a car park behind the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Shaikh Zayed Road.

A Rashid Hospital official confirmed yesterday that doctors are administering critical emergen...

An inter-ministerial committee set up to enable Kenyans abroad to vote has a huge task ahead, Justice Minister Mutula Kilonzo said on Sunday.

“Enabling Kenyans in the diaspora to vote is not as easy as people think. It is a huge task and we have to get things r...

Presidential aspirants are making unprecedented efforts to secure votes of Kenyans living outside the country in the belief that they could be crucial in winning the contest for State House in the forthcoming General Election.

Leading aspirants have opened offices...

Competition in the mobile money transfer market is set to intensify, with the launch of a cross-border mobile money platform by electronic payments processor Visa.

The platform will be available to all mobile users irrespective of their network, breaking the cu...

ISSUE: Lack of trust is making it difficult for Diaspora Kenyans to invest in Kenya. It is difficult to trust even family members. Today, if you add all the monies owed to Diaspora Kenyans by Kenyans in Kenya—owed not as in debt but as in swindles they are trying to recov...

A Kenyan refugee who fled to South Africa in 2007 during the political violence that erupted in his country now has to endure the pain of watching his life coming to an end – because he is a foreigner.

Dishon Muriuki, 37, urgently requires a kidney transplant,...

A new report from the Commission to Study the Impact of Immigrants in Maryland concludes that immigrants bring a plethora of economic, social, and cultural contributions to the state of Maryland. The commission, which was created by the Maryland General Assembly, also war...

Married newcomers to Canada better be in love or be prepared tough it out in the relationship for two years if they don't want to be kicked out of the country.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada is changing Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations to make...

A major investment conference is being organised by Kenyan expatriates in London for next week.

The event, the Kenya Diaspora Investment Forum, will take place at Kensington Town Hall next Saturday (Feb 25) when the organisers hope over 1,000 people will attend...

Baltimore, Maryland - Kenya National Congress (KNC) presidential candidate Peter Kenneth challenged Kenyans in the Diaspora to be the driving force behind transforming the country into what he termed - a ‘brighter Kenya’- as outlined in his vision for the country.

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There were 66 Kenyan convicts in UK prisons by the end of last year, the country’s Justice Ministry has said.

According to the Ministry’s official website, 60 of the convicts were men and only six were women.

However, a spokesman for the Ministry of...

On Being a Black Lawyer (OBABL) recently selected the 100 most influential black attorneys in the United States. SUNY Buffalo Law School is very pleased to announce that Dean Makau Mutua has been named to this exceptional group.

OBABL will publish “The Power 10...

Nigeria has set aside $5 million for diaspora activities and prescribed a stipend of $2,500 to be paid to any member of its experts based abroad who decides to return home in a bid to turn ''brain drain into brain gain’’.

All over Africa, there are already simi...

As part of its national research capacity-strengthening mandate, Consortium for National Health Research (C.N.H.R) invites applications for Research Career Development Grants (RCDGs) from qualified Kenyan researchers (currently based in Kenya or working within the Diaspor...

Joy and jubilation marked the first day of the Las Vegas tournament of the International Rugby Board Sevens circuit as the National rugby Sevens team qualified for the Main Cup quarter-final.

Two impressive victories over bitter rivals Scotland 17-14 and underdogs...

This is the story of Kibet, a Kenyan living in Massachusetts in the United States, but also the story of many a male compatriot.

Married for 11 years, he accuses wife, Judy, of throwing him out of their matrimonial home after she started dating someone else....

Kenyans seeking employment in Saudi Arabia should only accept job offers from accredited employment agencies, officials have warned. Speaking yesterday at a media reception at his residence in Muthaiga, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Kenya Ghorm Malhan said some workers...

Hon Peter Kenneth, the MP for Gatanga constituency, an Assistant Minister in the Ministry of State for Planning, National Development and Vision 2030 and a 2012 Kenya presidential candidate, will be visiting Baltimore, Maryland on Monday, February 13, 2012 and will be add...

Two charitable organisations formed by Kenyans living in the US have donated food and drugs to integrated IDPs at Gacege village in Gatundu North, Kiambu county. Austin Friends of Kenya and One Stop Agape from Austin, Texas US, called for more assistance to help IDPs not...

Livingstone College senior Ezra Mutai has been chosen as a spring intern for the Democratic National Convention Committee.

Mutai, 23, a senior biology major from Kenya, competed against other college students in Charlotte and the surrounding vicinity for the pr...

Patrols responded to Skyview Nursing Home to standby last Wednesday as an employee was suspended. After interviewing staff, police said they determined that Erich Omondi, 35, of Hood Place in Cortlandt Manor, assaulted two other staff members when he pushed them over a fo...