DIASPORA NEWS

The family of a Kenyan woman who died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia is appealing for help to airlift her remains to Kenya for burial. 41-year-old Alice Kagea, who hailed from Mau Summit in Molo, Nakuru County, was working in the Gulf nation until her death in December 2020. Her…

A Kenyan woman based in Denmark is appealing to well-wishers to help her raise funds for her ailing daughter’s treatment. Mary Kathure Mithika says her one-year-old daughter, Ayah was diagnosed with a rare condition known as spinal muscular atrophy. Ayah needs to undergo gene therapy that costs $2.…

A Kenyan family has decried the decision by the US Embassy in Nairobi to reject their applications for visas. Six members of the family were seeking to travel to the US to attend the burial of their kin, Jane Wambui Muguku, who passed away on December 30th, 2020, after a long illness.  The…

Suspected Kenyan drug and wildlife trafficker, Mansur Mohamed Surur was on Tuesday charged in a New York court, a day after he was extradited to the US from Kenya. Surur, 60, was charged with conspiracy to traffic tons of elephant ivory and rhino horns, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and…

Kenyans in the diaspora have come out to express their displeasure over the Kenya Citizenship and Immigration (Amendment) Bill, 2020.  The bill sponsored by Murang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata seeks to encourage Kenyans abroad to invest back home by offering them special incentives, including…

Christine Wawira, a Kenyan actress based in the US, has revealed plans to set up birth centers in Kenya with an aim of reducing the infant mortality rate. Wawira said she is passionate about maternal health, adding that she is a certified childbirth hypnosis instructor. She indicated that she took…

A Kenyan woman living and working in the UK is currently stranded in Nairobi after she was barred from traveling. 36-year-old Doreen Kathambi is an NHS worker attached to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, where she serves as a dietetic assistant. She lives in Glasgow with her fiancé, Iain…

Kenyans living and working in the diaspora sent home a record Sh341 billion in 2020, according to the latest figures by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).  The amount represents a 10.7 percent growth compared to 2019 when remittances from Kenyans abroad stood at Sh308 billion. The highest amount…

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) is set to conduct the country’s first-ever survey on diaspora remittances. CBK said the study aims at collecting information on remittance inflows to Kenya to help guide policy, with the objective of boosting the role of remittances in supporting the economy and…

Brenda Anzeze ditched her lucrative job in the US and returned to Kenya, where she has established a successful consultancy company. Brenda says she was earning a six-figure salary before she quit in 2018 after having worked for top US multinationals including JPMorgan Chase, Fidelity Investments,…