DIASPORA NEWS

US-Based Kenyan Author Ngugi wa Thiong'o Wins Global Award in Spain
US-Based Kenyan Author Ngugi wa Thiong'o Wins Global Award in Spa…
US-based Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the winner of this year’s Catalonia International Prize… read more...
Kenyan-Born Actress Grace Njoroge Features in US Christmas Movie
Kenyan-Born Actress Grace Njoroge Features in US Christmas Movie
Kenyan-born actress Grace Wacuka Njoroge features in a recently released American Christmas film.… read more...
Family of Kenyan Woman Shot Dead in the US Speaks Out
Family of Kenyan Woman Shot Dead in the US Speaks Out
The family of Janet Oyuga, the Kenyan woman who was shot dead by an 85-year-old granny in Seattle,… read more...
Revealed: Kenyan Domestic Worker in Iraq Who Died of Neglect Was Trafficked
Revealed: Kenyan Domestic Worker in Iraq Who Died of Neglect Was Traff…
New reports suggest that Ruth Omungala, a Kenyan domestic worker who died in Iraq over the weekend… read more...
Seattle, Washington: Inferno Razes Down House Where Kenyan Woman Was Shot Dead by 85-Year-Old Granny
Seattle, Washington: Inferno Razes Down House Where Kenyan Woman Was S…
A house in which two Kenyan sisters were attacked by an 85-year-old woman in Seattle, Washington on… read more...
Miguna Miguna Issues Demands to Kenya Gov’t Ahead of Next Week's Return
Miguna Miguna Issues Demands to Kenya Gov’t Ahead of Next Week's…
Deported lawyer Miguna Miguna has demanded back his passport from the government ahead of his… read more...
Kenyan-Born British Scholar Prof. Anyango Odundo Awarded Queen’s Top Honor
Kenyan-Born British Scholar Prof. Anyango Odundo Awarded Queen’s Top H…
Kenyan-born British studio potter Prof. Anyango Namakhiya Odundo is among 1,097 people listed in… read more...
Gov’t Declares its Stance Ahead of Miguna Miguna’s Return Next Week
Gov’t Declares its Stance Ahead of Miguna Miguna’s Return Next Week
The government has declared its position ahead of deported lawyer Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya… read more...
Why Kenyans and Other Africans in Australia are Sending Their Kids Back Home
Why Kenyans and Other Africans in Australia are Sending Their Kids Bac…
African families living in Australia, including Kenyans, have reportedly resorted to sending their… read more...
Kenyan Man, Kithinji Lee Kinoti, Reported Missing in Montgomery County, Maryland
Kenyan Man, Kithinji Lee Kinoti, Reported Missing in Montgomery County…
Montgomery County (Maryland) police are asking for the public’s help in locating a Kenyan man who… read more...
Kenyan-Swedish Singer Beldina Nyadwe Dies Days After Posting Weird Tweets
Kenyan-Swedish Singer Beldina Nyadwe Dies Days After Posting Weird Twe…
Kenyan-Swedish singer, Beldina Nyadwe has passed away. 31-year-old Beldina died on Christmas Eve,… read more...
Neglected Kenyan Domestic Worker Dies in Iraq
Neglected Kenyan Domestic Worker Dies in Iraq
A Kenyan woman working in Iraq passed away on Friday in a reported case of negligence by her agent… read more...
Kenyan Man Charged with the Rape of a 79-Year-Old Woman in Kansas
Kenyan Man Charged with the Rape of a 79-Year-Old Woman in Kansas
A Kenyan man was last week arrested in connection with the rape of an elderly woman in Johnson… read more...
Skills Database for Kenyans in Diaspora to be Launched
Skills Database for Kenyans in Diaspora to be Launched
A skills database to help Kenyans in the diaspora to get jobs in the national and county… read more...
85-Year-Old Woman Charged with Murder after the Double Shooting of Two Kenyan Sisters in Federal Way, Washington
85-Year-Old Woman Charged with Murder after the Double Shooting of Two…
An 85-year-old in Federal Way, Washington has charged with premeditated murder and first degree… read more...
Kenya’s Lupita Nyong’o Joins Ghana's 'Year of Return' Wave
Kenya’s Lupita Nyong’o Joins Ghana's 'Year of Return' W…
Kenyan-Mexican actress Lupita Nyong’o is currently on a private tour to Ghana as part of the on-… read more...
Kenyan Juvenal Shiundu Honored with Freedom of the City of London Award
Kenyan Juvenal Shiundu Honored with Freedom of the City of London Awar…
Kenyan national, Juvenal Shiundu has been honored with the Freedom of the City of London award in… read more...
Kenyan Woman in Seattle, Washington Shot Dead by 85-Year-Old Granny She was Hosting in Her House
Kenyan Woman in Seattle, Washington Shot Dead by 85-Year-Old Granny Sh…
A Kenyan woman died while her sister survived after they were shot by an 85-year-old woman, whom… read more...
‘Erase This Abomination’, US-Based Lawyer Makau Mutua Says over William Ruto Leadership Institute
‘Erase This Abomination’, US-Based Lawyer Makau Mutua Says over Willia…
US-based Kenyan scholar and lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has criticized the decision by Uganda’s… read more...
Kenyans in Diaspora Send Home KSh256 Billion in 11 Months
Kenyans in Diaspora Send Home KSh256 Billion in 11 Months
Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $2.546 billion (KSh256.4 billion) in the first 11 months of 2019… read more...
Miguna Miguna Changes Homecoming Date, to Land in Kenya on January 7th
Miguna Miguna Changes Homecoming Date, to Land in Kenya on January 7th
Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna says he will return to Kenya earlier than the date he… read more...
US-Based Kenyan Couple Arrested for Exploiting Homeless People in Medicaid Fraud Scheme
US-Based Kenyan Couple Arrested for Exploiting Homeless People in Medi…
A US-based Kenyan couple was on Thursday arrested over allegations of engaging in a Medicaid fraud… read more...
US-Based Kenyan Lawyer Makau Mutua Calls for Scrapping of KCPE, KCSE Exams
US-Based Kenyan Lawyer Makau Mutua Calls for Scrapping of KCPE, KCSE E…
US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has called for the abolishment of national examinations… read more...
Miguna Miguna to Return to Kenya in January
Miguna Miguna to Return to Kenya in January
Deported Kenyan lawyer Dr. Miguna Miguna has announced he will return to the country next month.… read more...
Brampton City in Canada to Honor Kenyans in the Diaspora
Brampton City in Canada to Honor Kenyans in the Diaspora
The Kenyan national flag is set to be hoisted for two weeks in the city of Brampton, Ontario,… read more...
Kenyan Man Killed in a Hit-and-Run Accident in Woodbridge, Virginia
Kenyan Man Killed in a Hit-and-Run Accident in Woodbridge, Virginia
A Kenyan man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia on… read more...
Kenyans Abroad Convene in Nairobi for Diaspora Summit
Kenyans Abroad Convene in Nairobi for Diaspora Summit
Kenyans living abroad are set to convene at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi for the 6th edition of… read more...
Kenyans in the Diaspora Can Send Home Sh500 Billion Annually, Gov’t Told
Kenyans in the Diaspora Can Send Home Sh500 Billion Annually, Gov’t To…
Kenyans abroad have the potential to send home Sh500 billion annually if the government supports… read more...
Daring Abroad: Meet a Kenyan Man Who Runs His Own Funeral Parlor in Bedford, Texas
Daring Abroad: Meet a Kenyan Man Who Runs His Own Funeral Parlor in Be…
A Kenyan entrepreneur has narrated how he ended up establishing a successful funeral parlor in… read more...
Suspect Charged with Murder of 27-Year-Old Kenyan Man in London
Suspect Charged with Murder of 27-Year-Old Kenyan Man in London
A 26-year-old suspect was on Thursday charged with the murder of Randy Skuse, a 27-year-old Kenyan… read more...