DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan family in the US state of North Carolina is mourning the death of their kin, who was killed at her place of work on Tuesday afternoon. June Onkundi, a mental health nurse practitioner, was stabbed to death by a patient at the Freedom House Recovery Center in Durham, WRAL News reported.…

A family from Kangundo, Machakos County is appealing to the government to help repatriate the body of their daughter, who died under unclear circumstances in Saudi Arabia about two months ago. 28-year-old Mercy Sakim, who served as a domestic worker in the Gulf country, is reported to have died…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $318 million (Sh38.5 billion) in September, 2022, the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. September’s diaspora inflows represent a 2.6 percent increase compared to $309.8 million (Sh37.5 billion) received in the same month in 2021, CBK…

A Kenyan family is seeking answers after their daughter died under mysterious circumstances in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Margaret Ruguru Waweru, who served as a domestic worker in the Middle East country, was in constant communication with her family until March this year when she suddenly went silent…

The family of a Kenyan teenager reported missing in Douglasville, Georgia last week says their son recently battled depression and suicidal ideation. Yaron Kathuri, 17, was last seen around 8 a.m. on September 28th on the 5800 block of Chapel Village Court in Douglassville. His parents Andrew…

A US-based software startup founded by Kenyan immigrant Diana Muturia has been selected for the first cohort of Amazon Web Service’s accelerator program for female founders. Clyn, an online platform that connects cleaning professionals to clients, is one of 25 companies that will benefit from AWS…

Kenyan-born murder convict Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, who is charged with killing 22 women in the US state of Texas, is set to be tried for the death of a second woman. Chemirmir’s capital murder trial in the death of 87-year-old Mary Brooks is scheduled to commence on Monday in Dallas, CBS News…

A fundraiser has been initiated ahead of lawyer Miguna Miguna’s return to Kenya this month after his deportation almost five years ago. The fundraiser, dubbed “Justice For Miguna is Justice for all Kenyans”, invites all to voluntarily send contributions in aid of the attorney’s homecoming. He says…

The family of a Kenyan teenager who was reported missing in the US state of Georgia has organized a search party on Saturday after the vehicle he was driving on the day he disappeared was found. 17-year-old Yaron Kathuri was last seen in Douglasville, Georgia wearing a white NASA hoodie and black…

The trial of Darnell Sterling, who is accused of murdering his Kenyan girlfriend Olga Ooro in Washington, DC in 2020 began on September 13th. D.C. Superior Court Judge Maribeth Raffinan told jurors that the trial is expected to last two-and-a-half to three weeks, Keith Alexander of the The…