DIASPORA NEWS

A homeless Kenyan woman deported from the United Kingdom to Kenya is now appealing to well-wishers to come to her aid and that of her ailing daughter. Nyawira Wakaronde Kariu narrates her botched attempt to fight her immigration case and how she ended up in a detention camp, only to be deported at…

A group of Kenyans living in Canada on Thursday turned up at Toronto International Airport to welcome National Super Alliance's National Resistance Movement (NRM) self-declared general Miguna Miguna. Upon his arrival, Miguna, who was deported by government from Kenya on Tuesday evening, was…

Former Nairobi gubernatorial aspirant Miguna Miguna has vowed to fight his way back to Kenya following his dramatic deportationto Canada by government on Tuesday evening. Taking to Twitter moments after he was put on the plane at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), the lawyer confirmed he…

Self-declared National Resistance Movement (NRM) general Miguna Miguna has reportedly been deported from Kenya to Canada. Miguna’s lawyer, Nelson Havi said on Tuesday night that reliable sources from the JKIA and the Miguna family informed him of his client’s deportation Miguna was placed into a…

A Kenyan family in South Africa is trying to trace their mother who went missing last month. Faith Manyara reportedly left home headed to her salon shop she had been operating for the last 10 years in Kraaifontein area, Cape Town on January 23rd, never to be seen again. Her eldest son,…

A Kenyan-American student at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) has been picked by US Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland to be his guest at Tuesday night’s State of the Union address. Naomi Mburu, 21, is a senior chemical engineering student at UMBC. She in November, 2017 achieved a…

Kenyans living and working in the United States are split over the planned swearing-in of opposition leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka, which is scheduled for Tuesday. While those who back the ruling Jubilee party are opposed to the plan, those who support National Super Alliance (Nasa) have…

A Kenyan group in the diaspora allied to the National Super Alliance (Nasa) will be sending a delegation attend the inauguration of opposition leader Raila Odinga set for Tuesday. The chairman of Nasa supporters in the United Kingdom, Kivindyo Ndivo told the Sunday Standard that a team will travel…

Police in Germany are pursuing a Tanzanian national suspected to be behind the murder of a Kenyan nurse. Police believe 32-year-old Halfan Ally Halfan was directly involved in the death of 27-year-old Mary Waithera Kamathi, who was last week found stabbed. Halfan has since reportedly gone into…

A Kenyan man in Des Moines, Iowa  who suffered life-altering injuries after being attacked by a group of teenagers in 2013 has died. Mike Wasike, 41, passed away on Monday. Wasike was attacked by a group of three teenagers who were trying to steal his car as he drove home. The teenagers struck…