DIASPORA NEWS

American singer Jason Derulo has gifted the family of a US-based Kenyan nurse a brand new handicap car. This was after the nurse, Florence Njoroge of Jefferson, Massachusetts was named the Health Care Hero of the week early this week. Florence, a mother of three, was picked as the healthcare hero…

Firebrand lawyer and politician Miguna Miguna says his Kenyan passport which was confiscated by immigration officials on February 6th, 2018 has been returned to him. Miguna through Twitter on Sunday said the passport was retrieved from the High Court registrar in Nairobi by his lawyers.  He…

The family of a 35-year-old Kenyan woman who reportedly committed suicide in Vienna, Austria on July 5th this year as a result of depression has buried her ashes. The ashes of Lucy Atieno Hareter were buried at the family's home in Seme, Reru, Kisumu County on Saturday after being shipped to the…

Police in the UK are probing the death of a Ugandan-born woman who was found dead in a flat in Glasgow, Scotland on August 22nd. The lifeless body of 34-year-old Mercy Baguma, an asylum seeker from Uganda, was found inside her room with her distressed one-year-old son crying next to her, according…

75 Kenyan nationals stranded in Lebanon for weeks are set to be repatriated on Saturday after they received approval to leave the Middle East nation. The group was issued with emergency travel documents by local authorities and have already received air tickets to travel home, according to the…

On August 17, 2020, a Kenyan living in Florida received a check of $400 as a subsidize for their rent. The livelihood that this Kenyan had hitherto relied on, was untimely cut short when their employer closed shop due to the disastrous impact Covid-19 had on the economy. This check marked the last…

The question of whether the government should evacuate citizens stranded and suffering abroad has sparked a heated debate among Kenyans on Twitter. This follows the recent appeals by some Kenyans, especially those working in the Middle East, seeking to be flown home after they lost their jobs or…

US-based Kenyan-born professional photographer, Polly Irungu has had her work displayed in Times Square in New York. Polly’s photos were featured at the world-famous commercial intersection by Nasdaq in its campaign dubbed Amplifying Black Voices. The campaign aims at recognizing outstanding work…

A Kenyan-born US Naval Academy midshipman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a military panel after he was found guilty of various offenses, chief among them sexual assault. Nixon Keago was handed the sentence last Friday during a court martial at the Washington Navy Yard, where he was…

A Kenyan family from Ruai, Nairobi County is seeking help to trace their son who lives in the US. The distressed family says they have not communicated with Allan Gathungu Kangethe for a long time and are wondering what might have happened to him. The last time they were in touch with him was when…