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A Kenyan-born student at Georgetown University in the United States has been identified as one of the victims of Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.
32-year-old Cedric Galia Asiavugwa was traveling to Kenya from Washington to attend a burial at his wife's home in Nkubu, Meru County when…
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Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna says he will be returning to the country next month.
Miguna has written a letter to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) requesting them to facilitate his return.
In the letter, Miguna cites court rulings that declared his deportation…
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Kenyans and Kenyan-Canadians living in the Greater Toronto Area received with shock the news about Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed more than 150 people.
The Boeing 737-800 MAX jet crashed six minutes after leaving Ethiopia's Bole International Airport.
The Nairobi-bound…
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Five Kenyan-born runners have been named in the United States team for the upcoming World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark starting March 30th.
Among those who have been named in the 28-man US team is 2016 Rio Olympic 10,000m finalist Shadrack Kipchirchir.
Shadrack will represent the…
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A Kenyan-British footballer has rejected an offer to play for the Kenyan national team Harambee Stars.
David Sesay, who plays as a defender for English League Two side Crawley Town, says he doesn't want to play for Harambee Stars at the moment as his focus is to help his team avoid relegation.…
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US-based Kenyan lawyer Prof. Makau Mutua has confirmed he will be on the presidential ballot during the 2022 general elections.
Makau, who declared an interest in the country's topmost political seat last week, says he's serious about it.
Speaking to the Sunday Standard, the 61-year-old scholar…
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Team Kenya kicks off its first match of the 2019 USA Sevens in Las Vegas, Nevada on Friday at 4:50pm PT against the United States before playing its second match of the day against France at 7:29pm.
Kenya is in Pool B at the tournament alongside the United States, France, and Argentina.
Kenya will…
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A homeless Kenyan man was found dead in a snow-covered field in Tacoma, Washington three weeks ago, and his family recently shared their grief with a local media outlet. The body of Kelvin Ibirithi, 34, was found in a snow-covered field on the morning of Sunday, February 10th after a snow…
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A US-based Kenyan man is currently admitted to Intensive Care Unit (ICU) after he was shot on the head near his apartment in St Louis, Missouri two weeks ago.
Speaking to a US media on condition of anonymity, the man’s wife says her husband was shot by two teenagers outside their apartment in St…
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Kenyan immigrants have been ranked first among African immigrants in the United States who are currently serving in the US military.
Latest data from the US Census Bureau shows that 0.4 percent of Kenyans in the US are serving in the army.
Ghanaians in the US come second with 0.3 percent serving in…
