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The body of Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali’s first-born son Chris Atema, who died in the United States on July 26th, will be airlifted to Kenya this week for burial, the family said.
Atema’s brother Robert Ayitsi said they have made arrangements to have the body of the deceased flown to the country…
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Paul Ereng, a former Kenyan athlete living in El Paso, Texas says there are no reports so far of any Kenyan victim of Saturday’s mass shooting in the area.
20 people were killed and more than 20 others injured after a sole gunman opened fire at a Walmart store in El Paso on Saturday.
Speaking to…
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A Kenyan-born man has pleaded guilty to swindling two United States universities out of more than $800,000 in a computer phishing scheme.
Amis Hassan Raage pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud on Thursday before a southern California court.
The charge carries a prison…
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US-based Kenyan Nuclear Medicine expert John Gitau Wairimu has advised the Kenyan government on how to address the cancer menace in the country.
Gitau, who made history by being among the first four students in the United States to graduate with a Master’s degree in Nuclear Medicine in 2017,…
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Dallas District Attorney Seeks Death Penalty for Suspected Kenyan-Born Serial Killer Billy Chemirmir
Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot has revealed intentions to seek the death penalty for a Kenyan immigrant facing charges of murdering 12 elderly women in the Texas counties of Dallas and Collin.
Billy Chemirmir, a Kenyan immigrant and resident of Dallas, Texas, is accused of…
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A Kenyan man who had gone missing early this month in Berlin, Germany and who police suspected was in danger has been found.
Edward Odhiambo was on his way to meet friends in the Germany capital on the day he disappeared and his mobile phone was switched off.
CCTV footage shown to his sister,…
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Ikolomani Member of Parliament Benard Shinali has flown to the United States following the tragic death of his first-born son, Chris Atema.
The 35-year-old is reported to have died after drowning in a swimming pool while on holiday with his family in Arizona on Friday.
Atema, who was serving in the…
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A United States court has postponed the sentencing of Kenyan Akasha brothers, who were set to be sentenced this week after they pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges last year.
The Southern District of New York Court set the new sentencing dates for Baktash Akasha and his brother Ibrahim…
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Ikolomani Member of Parliament Bernard Shinali’s first-born son has a passed away in the United States.
35-year-old Chris Atema reportedly drowned in a swimming pool in Arizona on Friday afternoon while attempting to rescue a young girl of Canadian descent from suffocating in water.
Doctors said…
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Martin Mburu, a Kenyan immigrant in the United States, has been voted the 2019 district teacher of the year in Clarendon School District 1, South Carolina.
Mburu, who relocated to the US a decade ago, was named teacher of the year for his outstanding use of technology in the classroom and…
