DIASPORA NEWS

Celebrated media personality Jeff Koinange and his co-host comedian Jalang'o took time to discuss a range of issues about Kenyans in the diaspora, particularly those in the United States. Speaking during their breakfast show Jeff and Jalas at Royal Media Service's Hot96 FM, the two talked about the…

Diaspora remittances increased by 50 per cent in the first four months of 2018 compared to a similar period in the previous year, maintaining its position as Kenya's leading source of foreign income. Latest figures from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) show the total inflows from Kenyans abroad…

Self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna has reacted to rejection of his name for Nairobi Deputy Governor position. In a statement on Tuesday, Nairobi County Assembly Speaker Beatrice Elachi said the nominee had been rejected, citing Article 78 of Constitution which…

Kenyan-Norwegian musician Stella Mwangi alias STL has been acquitted in a case where she had been charged with causing accident through drunk-driving in a court in Oslo, Norway. The artiste had been accused of breaching Section 31, First Paragraph, of the Norwegian Road Traffic Act for driving…

Kenya's envoy to Australia Isaiya Kabira has expressed displeasure after the country’s largest airport was likened to the neighboring nation, Somalia by a former Australian government official. In a protest letter, Ambassador Kabira rebuked the comparison, noting that the Jomo Kenyatta…

Kenyan-born senator Lucy Gichuhi has refuted claims that she didn't follow the correct procedure in denouncing her Kenyan citizenship before acquiring the Australian one. Gichuhi, who made history by becoming the first-ever Australian senator of African origin has, however, provided the legal…

Kenya native Geoffrey K. Cheruiyot died early Thursday morning in a vehicle accident in Tennessee. The Tennessee Highway Patrol say 23-year-old Cheruiyot ofMurfreesboro, Tennessee was driving his vehicle westbound along Interstate 40 in Cocke County around 1:30am on Thursday when he struck a…

A Kenyan man slipped and fell into a river while on a camping expedition two weeks ago and has not been found. Meredith Sambu, in his 20s, reportedly fell into the Sqamish River on My 13 while on a camping expedition with friends at the Ashlu Forest Service Road. His friends say the incident…

A recorded 911 call has exposed the troubled relationship a Kenyan woman in the United States, Lydiah Okongo was in, before her husband reportedly shot her dead two months ago. It has emerged that the mother of three had on several occasions called 911 to report threats on her life by her husband,…

Police in Canton, Georgia are investigating the mysterious death of a Kenyan-born nurse. Margaret Wanjiru Nganga was found dead inside her car at the parking lot of Northside Hospital-Cherokee, about 40 miles North of the city of Atlanta on Tuesday night. She had been working at the hospital until…