DIASPORA NEWS

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…

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has endorsed Deputy President William Ruto for President. Miguna, who was deported from Kenya in February 2018, says it is time for Kenyans to end what he termed as the “cycle of dynastic tyranny” that President Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga are trying…

The death of a Kenyan student in Canada has triggered a debate in the North American nation over the huge medical bill he left behind. Tevin Obiga, 25, passed away last week at St Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he was receiving treatment for blastomycosis, a fungal infection that…

Two Kenyan-born innovators have been featured in this year’s Forbes’ annual 30 Under 30 list. Joseph Kitonga (24) and Nelly Cheboi (29), both based in the United States, were recognized for the great impact made by the companies they founded. Kitonga was born in Kenya before migrating to the United…