DIASPORA NEWS
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Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $312.9 million (Sh34.4 billion) in August, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows.
The amount represents a seven percent drop compared to the previous month when Kenyans abroad remitted Sh37.1 billion, a new monthly record.
CBK said the decline in…
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The court of appeal in Texas has allowed the exhumation of Kenyan woman Dorothy Bosibori Ongera’s body for autopsy.
The court dismissed an application by Dorothy’s partner Obadiah Kinara, who was seeking to block the deceased’s parents from exhuming and conducting a postmortem on the body to…
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A Kenyan-born doctor based in Texas says he conducted 67 abortions on the night before a law prohibiting termination of pregnancies took effect in the state.
Dr. Jasbir Ahluwalia, an obstetrician-gynecologist at Whole Woman’s Health Clinic in Fort Worth, performed the abortions on the night of…
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Renowned US-based Kenyan preacher Dr. Jacob Kinyanjui Ng’ang’a has urged Deputy President William Ruto to slow down on his presidential ambition.
In an open letter on Saturday, Kinyanjui warned that the deputy president has dangerously stretched his heart and needs to relax to avoid a heart…
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Kenyan-British model Rehema Muthamia, who was recently crowned Miss England 2021 has sought Kenya’s backing ahead of the Miss World competition.
On Friday, Rehema called on Kenya's Deputy Head of Mission to the UK Amb. Kiarie Kamere as she prepares to contest in the Miss World finals in Puerto Rico…
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Kenyan-born community organizer Geoffrey Soyiantet has been named in the St. Louis Business Journal’s 2021 Class of Champions for Diversity and Inclusion.
The award recognizes 14 individuals who make St. Louis a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive community through efforts at their…
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The government says it cannot account for 1.5 million Kenyans living and working abroad.
Appearing before National Assembly’s Labor and Social Welfare Committee, Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui said the group are among the roughly four million Kenyans in the diaspora.
He noted that the 1.5…
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A Kenyan man in Minnesota has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty of attempted murder.
67-year-old Joseph Ndichu Kinyanjui of Rochester, MN was accused of attacking his wife with a hammer two years ago.
In July, an Olmsted County District Court jury convicted him of…
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A Kenyan man living in the US died following a road accident in St Louis County, Missouri over the weekend.
Godfrey Gachoka Gitau of Hazelwood, Missouri was killed after a 2006 Nissan Altima that he was driving went off the road and hit a guardrail.
The 35-year-old was ejected from his car…
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A Kenyan-born DJ was on Tuesday killed in a car accident in New Jersey. Davis M. Gwaro, alias DJ D-Vice, was driving a Honda Civic along Interstate 287 north ramp to Interstate 78 east in Bridgewater, New Jersey when the crash happened at around 1:05 am.
New Jersey State Trooper Charles Marchan…
