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A 31-year-old Kenyan man was on Monday morning killed in a single-car crash in the US state of Massachusetts.
Gilbert Kemei of Lynn lost his life after the 2017 Toyota Camry he was driving veered off the right side of the roadway and into the wood line, according to Massachusetts state police.…
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The Kenyan Consulate in Los Angeles, California has started processing and issuing e-passports to Kenyans in the US.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement on Thursday said the consulate now has the capacity to process and issue passports.
Foreign Affairs PS Amb. Macharia Kamau, who is on a…
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Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna says he has booked a flight ahead of his return to Kenya next month.
Through Twitter on Friday, the fiery attorney said he will land at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on the morning of November 16th.
Miguna, who was deported to Canada in February…
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US-based Kenyan sculptor Naomi Wanjiku Gakunga has won a prestigious award in the UK.
Wanjiku won the Charles Wollaston Award, which is given to the most distinguished work at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London.
The award comes with a cash prize of £25,000 (Sh3.8 million), making it one…
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A Mombasa court has ordered a Kenyan woman living in Germany to pay accrued service charges within 90 days or else lose a prime parcel of land on an Indian Ocean cliff.
Environment and Land Court judge Sila Munyao also directed Melisa Odera to continue paying the Sh23,000 monthly service charge and…
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A family in Nyamira County, Kenya is seeking answers following the brutal murder of their kin Thomas Oyaro, a Kenyan psychiatrist nurse working in the US.
Oyaro’s dismembered body was thrown out of a speeding car at Konate Junction in Nyamira on September 13th, about a month after he visited to the…
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A Kenyan-American actor is appealing for financial aid from well-wishers to settle his medical bills.
Sammy 'Nagi' Njuguna of Atlanta, Georgia is currently admitted in hospital after he was shot at a gas station in Columbia, South Carolina on October 7th.
The 33-year-old had traveled to Columbia,…
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Kenyans in the diaspora wired home a record $2.71 billion (Sh300.8 billion) in nine months to September 2021, according to the latest data from Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
This represents a 19.2 percent growth compared to the same period last year when Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $…
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A 29-year-old Kenyan woman working in Saudi Arabia is crying out for help over alleged mistreatment by her employer.
Nice Nayaz, a mother of two, claims she is being overworked, denied salary, and sexually harassed by her Saudi employer.
The university graduate narrated her suffering through a…
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Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has welcomed former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga’s bid to bring him back to Kenya.
On Wednesday, Mutunga announced he will travel to Canada to accompany Miguna on his flight back to the country on November 16th.
“I have taken this extraordinary step for two…
