DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan media personality Larry Madowo is set to graduate from Columbia University School of Journalism after completing his master’s program. Madowo, a business editor at BBC Africa, joined the prestigious New York-based university in April last year as a Knight-Bagehot fellow to undertake a master…

A second flight carrying Kenyans who were stranded in the United Kingdom amid the Covid-19 pandemic has left London for Nairobi. The Kenya Airways (KQ) chartered flight departed London’s Heathrow Airport on Friday afternoon, according to Kenya’s High Commissioner to the UK Manoah Esipisu. Kenya…

Roselyn Akombe has pledged to reveal full details of what forced her to flee the country and resign from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) ahead of the 2017 repeat presidential election. Responding to a Kenyan Twitter user who blamed her for the sham presidential election…

Kenyans flying back home from the United Kingdom on a second Kenya Airways (KQ) repatriation flight will pay nearly double what their compatriots who returned last week from the same place paid. The second KQ flight carrying Kenyans stranded in the UK amid the Covid-19 pandemic will depart London’s…

The number of Kenyans in the diaspora who have died of Covid-19 has risen to 30, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Appearing before Parliament’s Adhoc Committee on Covid-19 on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo said a total of 193 Kenyans have contracted the…

US-based Kenyan scholar Prof. Makau Mutua has hit out at Deputy President William Ruto, accusing him of being a coward. Prof. Mutua on Wednesday said he is shocked that DP Ruto has remained silent as his foot soldiers continue to be axed one after another.  This comes after Senators Kipchumba…

The Foreign Affairs Ministry says it has so far facilitated the repatriation of over 700 Kenyans who were stranded abroad amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The ministry, through a statement on Tuesday, May 12th, said a total of 744 citizens have been flown back to the country on chartered planes…

A second Kenya Airways flight is this week set to fly home Kenyans stranded in the United Kingdom amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The chartered flight organized by the Kenyan High Commission in London in collaboration with the British government will depart Heathrow Airport for Nairobi on Friday, May…

Kenyan journalist Zipporah Njeri Nyambura has passed away in Germany. Njeri, 40, succumbed to cancer while undergoing treatment at a German hospital on Saturday, May 8th, according to reports. Her passing was confirmed by German public international broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW), where she…

The government says 191 Kenyans living in the diaspora have so far tested positive for the novel coronavirus.  Out of the 191 Kenyans who contracted Covid-19 in foreign countries, 77 have recovered from the disease while 23 have lost their lives, according to Kenya’s Foreign Affairs Ministry.…