DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan fugitive wanted in the United Kingdom for sexual molestation of minors has finally been extradited to the European country to face trial. Anthony Kamau, alias Anthony Kinuthe alias Anthony Kinuthia Kamau, had been on the run for two years after jumping bail in the UK before his arrest in…

The Kenyan government has announced plans to establish safe houses as part of its efforts to safeguard Kenyan migrant workers in the Middle East. Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui on Tuesday said the government has set aside Sh70 million to build safe houses in Saudi Arabia where cases of…

A 23-year-old Kenyan woman has shared her painful experience at the hands of her cruel employer in Saudi Arabia. Karen Chesang traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2021 in search of greener pastures, oblivious that her journey of optimism would end up in pain and torment. A relative who works as a house…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua have assured Kenyans in the diaspora that they will tame corruption if they ascend to power. Speaking during a virtual diaspora rally on Sunday, the two said the Azimio administration would…

Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition party presidential candidate Raila Odinga is set to hold a virtual rally with Kenyans in the diaspora. During the Kenyan Diaspora global virtual rally scheduled for June 26th at 6:30 pm East African Time, Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua are expected to…

A Kenyan man living in the United Kingdom is embroiled in a tussle with his aunt over the ownership of a prime parcel of land in Nairobi’s Uthiru area. Raoul Emanuel Muchene claims that his aunt Racheal Nduta Mwaura is out to fraudulently acquire the property that belongs to his father and wants…

Mercy Wasike has become the first Kenyan to be appointed as a deputy chief nurse in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS). Wasike’s new role entails providing senior leadership at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust in support of the chief nurse, according to Nursing…

A US-based Kenyan nurse has been given a three-story row home in Lebanon, Pennsylvania after volunteering at a nonprofit organization. Rabecca Ngugi, who moved to the US more than five years ago, spent 255 hours of “sweat equity” helping Lancaster-Lebanon Habitat for Humanity volunteers rebuild a…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) says 22,120,458 voters will participate in the August 9th general elections, a 12.79 percent rise compared to 19,611,423 in 2017. IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati made the announcement on Monday after receiving the final audit report of the…

A Kenyan family whose daughter has been in a coma for seven years in Saudi Arabia is appealing for help to bring her back home. 38-year-old Martha Nyaguthii left Kenya for the Middle East country in 2014 in search of greener pastures to offer her six-year-old son and her family a better life.…