DIASPORA NEWS

Joshua Omwenga, a Kenyan-born healthcare provider has become a US Army reserve medic. Spc. Omwenga, who was born and raised in Western Kenya, is serving as a combat medic with the 444th Minimal Care Detachment of the US military. The specialist worked as a teacher in Kenya before moving to the US…

A Kenyan woman has been reported missing in Gillette, Wyoming. 32-year-old Irene Wairimu Gakwa was last heard from on March 4, 2022, according to Gillette Police Department. Wairimu is described as a black female, 5’1”, 100 pounds, with brown eyes and black hair. Gillette police say Wairimu’s phone…

The lawyer of a Kenyan accused of killing a man in Leesburg, Virginia in November 2021 says his client believed he was stabbing the devil in an attempt to save the world. 23-year-old Melvin Wasike of Fairfax County is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated…

US-based Kenyan politician Ombori Monari, alias Cosmo Choy, has apologized for insulting former First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta. Choy, a stern supporter of Deputy President William Ruto, issued a public apology to President Kenyatta’s family over the recent verbal attack on Mama Ngina Through social…

A Kenyan family is appealing for help after their daughter went missing in Saudi Arabia, where she works as a house help.  Agnes Wairimu, alias Shiro, last contacted her mother Josephine Wairimu on March 1st crying out for help, saying she had gone for days without a meal.  “Mum, please…

West Pokot County Deputy Governor Dr. Nicholas Atudonyang has returned to the country ahead of the August 9th elections. Atudonyang, who went back to the US shortly after the elections in 2017, was on Saturday crowned as a new Pokot leader at Amaya shrines in Baringo, where he declared his bid for…

Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $321.5 million (Sh36.8 billion) in February, the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. This represents a five percent drop compared to Sh38.7 billion received in January and 23.5 percent higher than the Sh29.8 billion remitted in the same month…

A Kenyan man wanted in the United States for sexual assault is yet to be arrested more than a year after he committed the said offense. An investigation by Boston 25 News reporter Ted Daniel revealed that Brian Njeri, who is accused of molesting a 21-year-old disabled woman at an autistic…

Police in South Sudan are holding two Kenyan medics for allegedly fighting while onboard a flight. Nicholas Wamwangi (30) and Kelvin Kimani (29), both aid workers, are being held in remand in Aweil, the capital city of the Northern Bahr el Ghazal region. Nation reports that the two exchanged blows…

Kenya has opened an embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia in a move aimed at enhancing cooperation and ties between the two nations. Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Amb. Raychelle Omamo presided over the opening of the new mission on Thursday in the company of her Indonesian counterpart Retno Lestari…