DIASPORA NEWS

The government has maintained that lawyer Miguna Miguna must comply with laid out clearance procedures for him to granted entry into the country. The self-proclaimed National Resistance Movement (NRM) general is expected to return to the country on Wednesday. On Sunday, government spokesperson Eric…

[Press Release] In the early morning hours of Monday, May 7, 2018, there was a fire outbreak in the Kitchen of Swahili Village Bar and Grill. The fire was put out shortly after and there were no injuries. Due to the damage to the interior of the restaurant, Swahili Village bar and grill located at…

The death of a 71-year-old homeless Kenyan man Timothy Majanja, in the streets of Atlanta, Georgia has exposed the agony some of the Kenyans in the diaspora go through. Majanja, who had wished to return home in 2014 after 46 years stay in North America, died two weeks ago after being admitted at a…

A fresh showdown between deported lawyer Miguna Miguna and State authorities looms at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) when the former returns to the country on Wednesday. Miguna announced he will return to the country from Canada on Wednesday, May 16th after he was kicked out of the…

A Kenyan man in Dallas, Texas already charged with capital murder and attempted capital murder has been indicted by a grand jury in Collin County of a new attempted capital murder charge. 45-year-old Billy Chemirmir, a native of Kenya, faces new accusations of attempted murder in the case of a 93-…

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison by a judge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa for possessing a firearm as an unlawful alien. Kevin Naholi, 40, was convicted by a federal jury back in November, 2017 for pointing a rifle at his neighbor and her two young children on August 26, 2017…

The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) has asked the government to buy a flight ticket for self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna ahead of his return to Kenya next week. The national rights watchdog further wants the government to issue the deported…

Two men have been charged with murder after the death of a Kenyan man in Des Moines, Iowa. Terrence Cheeks Jr, 21, and Leshaun Murray,2 0, who had already been convicted of first degree robbery for assaulting the man, Mike Wasike, 41,  will now face an additional murder charge after Wasike…

Kenya diaspora remittances hit a record $641.5 million (Sh64.3 billion) between January and March, 2018. This is party attributed to the impact of growing investment products targeting Kenyans abroad. The inflows in the first three months of the year represent an increase of 48.29 per cent from the…

Kenya Labour Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani says that only 65 privately-owned hiring firms have received government's nod to recruit Kenyans for jobs abroad. Speaking during a meeting with recruitment agencies from the Coast in Mombasa, Yatani said all companies must comply with the new regulations…