DIASPORA NEWS

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The High Court has dismissed an application by Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna, who was seeking orders to facilitate his return to Kenya on Tuesday. Through his lawyers, Miguna wanted the court to order the lifting of red alerts allegedly issued by the Kenyan government prohibiting…
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Lawyer Miguna Miguna, who was deported to Canada in February 2018, has reportedly arrived in Germany ahead of his return to Kenya on Tuesday. Nelson Havi, the president of the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) on Thursday said Miguna left Canada for Germany earlier this week, where he will stay for some…
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Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is set to roll out a 15-day mass voter registration for the diaspora on December 6th. The electoral body said the listing will take place in 11 countries that met the minimum requirement of 3,000 voters. They include the United States, the…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has sued the government ahead of his scheduled return to Kenya next week. In a petition filed through lawyer John Khaminwa, Miguna wants the High Court to order the government to lift a red alert it issued barring airlines from flying him to the country.…
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Residents of Mwatate in Voi, Taita Taveta County are set to benefit from huge deposits of limestone and marble courtesy of a diaspora group. The Diaspora University Trust (DUT), a group made up of Kenyans abroad, committed to assisting in the mining of the minerals. On Monday, some members of the…
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A 21-year-old Kenyan-born university student was declared the winner of a top students’ competition in the UK. Charity Zawadi Mwambeyu, a second-year civil engineering student at the University of Bristol, beat 12 other finalists to take the top spot in Women in Property’s National Student Awards.…
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Kenyan-born diaspora entrepreneur Laban Njuguna puts smiles on the faces of Kenyan coffee farmers. The 42-year-old owns and runs Zabuni Specialty Coffee Auction, a company that distributes Kenyan coffee in the United States. Headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska, Zabuni gives Kenyan farmers…
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A Texas court is this week expected to determine the next of kin of Dorothy Bosibori Ong’era, a Kenyan-born woman who died in December, 2020. Dorothy’s father David Ong’era is involved in a vicious court battle with Obadiah Kinara, the man his daughter cohabited with at the time of her death. In…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna says he is fearing for his life. Through Twitter on Saturday, Miguna claimed that a grey Honda CRV bearing Ontario-Canada plate number BYLM 576 has been monitoring his house for the last two weeks. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in February 2018, appeared…
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Pennsylvania State University has named Kenya’s Judy Wakhungu as the recipient of the 2022 Graduate School Alumni Society (GSAS) Humanitarian Award. The award recognizes an alumnus holding a graduate degree from Penn State who has made a positive societal impact on the welfare of humankind beyond…