DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan comedian David Kangogo, alias David The Student, has gone into quarantine after testing positive for Covid-19 in the US. David, who works in the US as a Lyft driver, announced he had contracted the infection through his Facebook page. “I got diagnosed with Covid-19. I now am quarantined and…

Kenyan immigrants in the US have been listed among the top spreaders of Tuberculosis (TB).  A report published by the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ranked Kenyan immigrants as the fifth-highest transmitters of the bacterial disease behind their counterparts from Somalia,…

Kenyans in the diaspora have continued to defy the financial crisis occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic by sending home more cash. The diaspora sent home Sh28.8 billion ($263.2 million) in October, according to the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). In the same month last year, Sh24.6…

Mama Victoria Mercy Nyaithiru, the mother of the Supreme Court of Kenya judge Njoki Ndungu has been cremated in the US. Her remains were incinerated in a private ceremony held on Thursday in Utica, New York while a memorial service was held virtually on Saturday. Mama Nyaithiru succumbed to cancer…

Kenyan comedian David Kangogo, alias ‘David The Student’, was recently subjected to racial abuse in the US. The incident happened on Tuesday in Issaquah, Washington after David, who works as a Lyft driver, picked a man and woman outside a local sports grill. But hell broke loose after David, 30,…

The Kenyan Embassy in Paris, France has announced new measures aimed at preventing the spread of Covid-19. Under the new guidelines published by the Kenyan Ambassador to France Judi Wakhungu, services will only be provided on an appointment basis. Amb. Wakhungu said people will be given a specific…

A Kenyan-born woman is facing deportation from the US after she was found guilty of marriage fraud. 61-year-old Fidelina Mwelu Mutisya of Winchester, Ohio was found guilty by a Missouri court on Tuesday, according to statement released by the US Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri. She…

When he came to Kenya for the first time in 2015, Kungo Kihokia’s intention was to stay for a few weeks then go back to the US, where he was born and raised. But his stay in the country made the Kenyan-American change his mind about returning to his birthplace - Miami, Florida. In a recent…

Safaricom Chairman Michael Joseph says it is possible for Kenyans in the diaspora to participate in the 2022 general election. Speaking on The Echo Chamber Podcast, Joseph indicated that Safaricom has the technology to facilitate diaspora voting. “Technically, of course, we can do it. There is no…

Mama Victoria Mercy Nyaithiru, the mother of the Supreme Court of Kenya judge Njoki Ndungu has passed away in the US after a long illness. Mama Nyaithiru succumbed to cancer in New York on Sunday, according to the Presidential Strategic Communication Unit (PSCU). In a message of condolence to the…