DIASPORA NEWS

Emma Gama Pinto, the widow of assassinated Kenyan nationalist Pio Gama Pinto has died. She passed away on Wednesday while undergoing treatment in Ottawa, Canada at the age of 92. Reports indicate she was admitted to the hospital on October 20th after suffering a heart attack. Emma moved to Canada…

Eugene Asira, a Kenyan based in Germany wowed judges and fans with a thrilling performance at the Voice of Germany talent show. Eugene displayed his singing talent when he appeared on the show’s seventh episode by performing H_art The Band’s hit song, ‘Uliza Kiatu’. View this post on…

Kenyans in the diaspora have faulted the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) taskforce for failing to include their views in the final BBI report. The final report launched at the Bomas of Kenya on Monday did not capture any of the recommendations submitted by Kenyans abroad to the taskforce. The…

An upcoming Kenyan artist whose song recently went viral on social media has narrated how she was deported from the US after serving a five-year jail sentence. In an interview with Daily Nation, Mercy Atis said she is trying to get back on her feet after she returned to the country following a…

Kenyan-born former Paralympian Anne Olympia Wafula has appeared in the list of 100 most influential disabled people in the UK. The 51-year-old former wheelchair racer was named in the Shaw Trust Power 100 2020 list of Britain’s most impactful disabled influencers. The Power 100 is compiled by an…

Kenyans in the diaspora sent home Sh28.4 billion during September, the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. This represents a 4.38 percent drop from the Sh29.7 billion remitted by Kenyans abroad in the previous month (August). The cumulative diaspora inflows in the 12 months to…

The UK government has opened a probe into an incident in which a 24-year-old Kenyan man was assaulted by police in Colchester, Essex last month. Officers from the Essex police department were captured on camera using excessive force while arresting Wycliff Cox on September 21st. UK’s Independent…

Police in the US are looking for a 15-year-old Kenyan boy who went missing about two weeks ago. Ike Ngatia of Riverside, California was last seen on October 8th, 2020. Anybody with information about the teenager’s whereabouts has been asked to call Riverside Police Department at 1-951-354-2007 or…

A Kenyan man has shared his inspirational story of how he went on to achieve academic success in the US despite being written off by the Kenyan education system. Having scored D+ in his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination, Mwangi Mukami had no chance of joining the college…

A Kenyan-American woman living in the US is part of a campaign team that has been working behind the scenes to ensure Joe Biden unseats Trump in the upcoming American presidential election. Esther Ongeri, a political scientist, is the Director of Special Projects in the Biden 2020 campaign,…