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Kenyan singer and author Vivian Wambui, known professionally as Vivianne, has relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, citing the need to step back from the pressures of her public life.
Wambui, a mother of two, said the move was not motivated by career opportunities but by a desire to reclaim her sense of…
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A Kenyan man receiving treatment in a Russian hospital has called on his government to rescue him after claiming he was forced to fight in Ukraine under false pretences.
Denis Mokaya Mongare says he left Kenya in November last year after being promised a cleaning job by a recruitment agent named…
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Kenya’s prosecuting authority has opposed the release on bond of a 74-year-old man sought by the United States over alleged cybercrime offences.
Godfrey Mbogori was arrested in Meru on 19 February by officers from the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Force and the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit. His arrest…
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Samuel Waithaka, once jailed for running a fraudulent overseas recruitment scheme that targeted job seekers in Kenya, says he has rebuilt his life after serving a prison sentence and now works to discourage others from engaging in similar crimes.
Waithaka grew up in Huruma estate in Nairobi, an…
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Residents of Bondo in Siaya County gathered to bury Sarah Andiki, a Kenyan-born soldier who served in the United States Army, at her family’s homestead in Chunga Village.
Mourners travelled from different places to attend the ceremony and pay their respects. Andiki served with the 492nd…
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Relatives in Mboroti village, Limuru, Kiambu County, are mourning James Kamau Ndung’u, a young Kenyan father who died in Ukraine after travelling to Russia in search of work.
Kamau left Kenya in mid-2025 hoping to secure employment that would support his wife and infant daughter. According to his…
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Mercy Koech from Londiani in Kericho County has described how rejection from the Kenyan Defence Forces led her to pursue a military career in the United States Navy.
Koech had hoped to join the Kenyan army soon after finishing secondary school. With strong academic results and experience in…
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Kenya has advised its citizens living and working in the Middle East to consider leaving the region as hostilities escalate, noting that individuals are responsible for travel costs while the government will continue providing diplomatic support.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Foreign Affairs Minister…
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Kenya has issued a formal advisory for its citizens in the Middle East as regional hostilities intensify, urging vigilance and close contact with diplomatic missions.
The Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs reported that over 500,000 Kenyans currently live and work across Middle Eastern…
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A special flight operated by Kenya Airways landed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi on Thursday carrying dozens of passengers evacuated from Dubai, including 13 schoolchildren and their teachers who had been stranded for five days.
The group had travelled to the United Arab Emirates…
