DIASPORA NEWS

Two Kenyan men in Minnesota have been charged with felony sexual assault of a woman with mental and physical impairments. Authorities say Francis Ndegwa Kamau, 39, of Spring Lake Park, MN and Kenneth Wagacha Kibe, 37, of Burnsville, MN sexually assaulted a woman diagnosed with mild intellectual…

Hodgen Mainda, a Kenya-born man who was appointed as the new Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance in Tennessee, has taken an oath of office. The 42-year-old was sworn-in this week by Governor Bill Lee and becomes the newest Cabinet member in the Tennessee State Government. Mainda, who first moved…

Mwende Mwinzi, President Kenyatta’s nominee for the position of Kenyan High Commissioner to South Korea has filed a case seeking to block MPs from forcing her to renounce her United States citizenship. In a case filed at the High Court on Tuesday, Mwinzi argues that forcing her to relinquish her US…

A Kenyan man who was arrested for organizing a ‘wealth and business’ conference in Rwanda in June this year has been sentenced to prison. Charles Kinuthia was handed a two-year prison sentence plus a fine of $3,254 after a Kigali court found him guilty of fraud. Kinuthia was accused of deceiving…

Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) has protested MPs’ demand that Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi renounces her US citizenship in order to take an ambassadorial role in South Korea. Last week, members of National Assembly Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee gave Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma 10 days to…

Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna has questioned the competency of Kenyan investigating authorities over the murder of Nairobi-based Dutch billionaire Tob Cohen. Taking to social media hours after the body of Cohen was recovered on Friday; Miguna reckoned the mission would have taken…

The Trump administration has proposed to collect social media information from immigrants applying for among other benefits citizenship, asylum and green cards through marriage. In a notice published in the Federal Register, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants immigrants to be required…

Kenyan-born Wangechi Mutu made history last week after four of her majestic sculptures were unveiled at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York. This was the first time ever an installation has been made at the entrance of the iconic museum in its 117-year history. Dubbed ‘The NewOnes…

A Kenyan woman living in the United States allegedly buried her deceased husband without the knowledge of his family back in Kenya. Eucabeth Angima is said to have secretly buried her husband Thomas Ong’esa in Dallas, Texas about two weeks ago without informing the deceased’s parents, siblings and…

Standard Digital has announced the launch of a new online show where Kenyans living and working in the diaspora will share their experiences abroad. Dubbed Diaspora Life, the new weekly show premiered on Saturday, September 7th on Standard Digital YouTube channel and Facebook page. “This is a very…