DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan family is appealing for assistance to bring back home their kin who is presently stranded in Saudi Arabia.  This comes after photos of a frail-looking and sickly Diana Chepkemoi went viral on social media, with Kenyans calling for her rescue. Her sister Lorrain Cheptoo told a local…

Police in India are holding a Kenyan woman on allegations of assaulting policemen on duty in the city of Bengaluru. The woman, who was in the company of a second African woman, are said to have created a commotion and beat up patrolling police who were on duty in the wee hours of Monday. A senior…

Police in Delaware have sought the public’s help in tracing a Kenyan woman who has been missing for about five months. 23-year-old Brenda Wanjiku was reported missing by her family in April this year, according to WMDT 47 News. Brenda is said to have left the family’s residence in Camden, a town in…

The family of a Kenyan woman who died under unclear circumstances at a deportation centre in Saudi Arabia is appealing for help to repatriate her body to Kenya for burial. Hannah Njeri’s family learned about her death last week after Kenyans working in the Gulf state shared her photos on social…

The family of a Kenyan woman who drowned in a pool in Ontario, Canada while live-streaming her swimming session on Facebook has raised 52,856 Canadian dollars (Sh4.9 million) to ferry her remains to Kenya for burial. 24-year-old Hellen Wendy Nyabuto was enjoying an afternoon swim last Thursday when…

The identity of a passenger who passed away aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight heading from New York to Nairobi on Monday has been revealed. In a statement on Tuesday, the national carrier said the passenger fell ill mid-air, prompting the flight KQ003 to divert to Casablanca, Morocco for a medical…

Diaspora remittances from the United States have declined by a monthly average of three percent this year, largely attributed to the rising inflation in the world’s largest economy. Citing data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Business Daily reports that inflows from the US dropped to $183.4…

A Kenyan-born nurse has retired after working at Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Oregon for over four decades. Bancy Gatimu left the hospital this month after working there for 43 years, making her the health facility’s oldest and longest-serving…

Kenyan scholar Dr. Jerono Rotich has been appointed as Associate Dean for Organizational Climate, Inclusion, and Belonging and Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University (IU). In her new role, Dr. Rotich will lead schoolwide diversity and inclusion efforts including the…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $319.4 million (Sh38.2 billion) in July, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This represents a decline of 5.1 percent compared to USD$336.7 million (Sh40.3 billion) remitted in July 2021 and a 1.04 percent drop compared to $…