DIASPORA NEWS

US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has called for the abolishment of national examinations taken at the end of primary and secondary school. Prof. Makau said the government should do away with both Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) and Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (…

Deported Kenyan lawyer Dr. Miguna Miguna has announced he will return to the country next month. Miguna, who was deported from the country last year, took to Twitter on Sunday to announce that he will land at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi on January 11th. “My Flight to my…

The Kenyan national flag is set to be hoisted for two weeks in the city of Brampton, Ontario, Canada in honor of Kenya’s Independence Day. The flag-raising ceremony, which also seeks to recognize the contribution of Kenyan-Canadians living in Brampton, will be held at Brampton City Hall by the…

A Kenyan man was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Woodbridge, Prince William County, Virginia on Tuesday night. The man identified as 30-year-old John Tumuti Ng’ang’a was struck by the driver of a red sedan car who did not stop, according to Prince William County police. The accident happened at…

Kenyans living abroad are set to convene at the Ole Sereni Hotel in Nairobi for the 6th edition of the Kenya Diaspora Homecoming Convention (KDHC). Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga, who is also the African Union High Representative for Infrastructure Development, is among top…

Kenyans abroad have the potential to send home Sh500 billion annually if the government supports them, a diaspora lobby group says. Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA), which represents more than 30 diaspora organizations, said little or no support from the State has led to underutilization of the…

A Kenyan entrepreneur has narrated how he ended up establishing a successful funeral parlor in Texas after moving to the US with a dream to become a pilot. John Richard Ng'ang'a, who founded Bedford Memorial Funeral Home in Bedford, Texas about five years ago, spoke about his journey in the latest…

A 26-year-old suspect was on Thursday charged with the murder of Randy Skuse, a 27-year-old Kenyan man who was killed in east London on November 23rd, 2019. Skuse was stabbed to death after a fight broke out during a birthday party at a friend’s house on Buckle Street, Whitechapel. He was…

An American man and his estranged Kenyan girlfriend are embroiled in a tussle for custody of their two-year-old son. Claude Dary says the woman returned to Kenya with the boy named Rowan last year after taking him from his house in Manhattan, New York without his knowledge. He said the mother …

The National Assembly is set to appeal a ruling by the High Court that declared that President Kenyatta’s nominee for Kenya’s High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea cannot be forced to renounce her American citizenship. In a ruling dated November 14th, Justice James Makau noted that an ambassador…