DIASPORA NEWS

Police in Dubai are hunting for a Kenyan security guard who allegedly stole Dh5 million (Sh130 million) from a cash transfer vehicle as it refilled cash at an ATM machine in a shopping mall. Popular UAE news daily, Khaleek Times reported that the the Kenyan guard distracted fellow guards when the…

Kenyans in the diaspora have been urged to exercise caution while in foreign countries to avoid being caught on the wrong side of the law. Speaking after the unveiling of the Kenyan Foreign Policy at the Stanley Hotel in Nairobi on Thursday, Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Monica Juma revealed…

A family in Kisauni area of Mombasa is seeking government’s intervention to have their daughter, who has remained in detention in Saudi Arabia since 2016, return home. Lavina Mapenzi Ngolo is reportedly being held at a Saudia prison, awaiting a death sentence, after she was found to have fallen in…

A Kenyan man was on Sunday found dead at his apartment in Framingham, Massachusetts. The lifeless body of 32-year-old Victor Odhiambo Ang’awa was found lying on the floor at about 6pm EST and appeared to have collapsed on his couch. His neighbors say they saw him around the compound about an hour…

A Kenyan couple found dead inside their Jersey City, New Jersey home on Monday morning had a history of marital problems, neighbors say. Lydiah Okongo, 40, and her husband, 51-year-old Henry Okongo, were found dead of gunshot wounds inside the couple's residence located at 2 Mina Drive at around 8:…

A Kenyan couple was found dead of apparent murder-suicide in their Jersey City, New Jersey home on Monday morning. Authorities say Lydiah Okongo, 40, was shot multiple times in the head and torso. She was found on the first floor of their house, located at 2 Mina Drive in Jersey City. Her husband,…

Deported opposition firebrand politician Miguna Miguna arrived in the United States for his 10-day tour to popularize the National Resistance Movement (NRM) on the global stage. Speaking at Homewood Suites Hilton in Washington DC on Friday, the self-declared NRM general vowed not to succumb to…

A Kenyan landlord in San Francisco, California has been found by a judge in contempt of court and ordered to pay $124,000 or go to jail for 10 days. Superior Court Judge Lynn O’Malley-Taylor on Thursday ordered Anne Kihagi to report back to court on March 8th and hand over $124,000 in tenant rents…

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder in Phenix City, Alabama in connection with the death of his one-year-old daughter. Police were called to a home located on Sommerset Drive on Wednesday, February 21st and found the girl, Cateya Brooks, dead at the scene due to what was later determined…

The family of a Kenyan teen who survived a horrific attack in the United States 11 years ago has appealed for help from well-wishers to enable them clear a huge medical bill that accumulated following an operation to remove a brain tumor. 19-year-old Jeremy Kuria survived the brutal attack that…