DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan man who formerly worked as a pilot in the United States for several years before returning to Kenya has turned into a garbage collector. Speaking in an interview with KTN News, Samuel Mwawato says he moved to the US in 1990 after he was laid off from Wilson Airport in Nairobi, where he…

Former Kenyan TV news anchor Esther Arunga's husband, Quincy Timberlake is set to stand trial over the death of their son in Brisbane, Australia. Timberlake was charged with the murder of his son, Sinclair after the three-year-old boy succumbed to severe internal injuries at their home in Kallangur…

A Kenyan student has been convicted of rape in India and has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Eric Mulinge Nethuli, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) student in India, was accused of raping a Kenyan woman in Mahila in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Mulinge, 25, is said to have…

Conrad Mwoshi Natse, a 36-year-old Kenyan man, was found dead in his apartment on Thursday, April 4th in Brookline, Massachusetts. Natse’s fiance told media outlet Smarack that Natse was scheduled to be seating for his Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam at the Medical Career Center in Waltham,…

US data-analysis group Pew Research Center says that Kenyans in the diaspora sent home an estimated Sh200 billion ($2 billion) in 2017.  Pew used statistics developed by the World Bank to determine the amount sent to Kenya by citizens living and working abroad. “The total amount of money sent…

The family of a Kenyan man who died under mysterious circumstances in the United States is seeking the government's help to investigate his death. 50-year-old Moses Maima allegedly committed suicide in Chicago but was quickly cremated by his wife without the family's knowledge. The family says it…

Kenyans living and working in Qatar have come to the rescue of a Kenyan man who was stranded in the Middle East country for months. 20-year-old Isaac Kiprotich, a resident of Morosiot, Nandi County pleaded with Kenyans to help him return home after he was reportedly dumped by a recruitment agency…

A 14-year-old Kenyan girl who had been denied a United Kingdom visa has finally reunited with her father in Scotland. Ann Omondi traveled to the UK this week after her request for a visa was granted a few weeks ago following an intervention by British Prime Minister Theresa May. Denis Omondi, a…

Kenyans in the diaspora have launched a campaign to push for their registration as voters ahead of 2022 general elections. The Daily Nation reports that the group has formed the ‘Kenya Diaspora Must Vote (KDMV),’ a volunteer public-private campaign to push for their listing as voters. In the latest…

A family in Kenya seeks help from the Kenyan community in the United States to locate their kin. The family says their relative, William Kinya Otieno, moved to Texas from Kenya in 1987. Otieno, 58, has never communicated with his family since then. They add that there is some very urgent and…