DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan Mukurino has caught the eyes of Kenyans after his photos went viral on social media. David Waigwa Wachira, 32, is an employee of the World Bank. He has been working at the Bretton Woods institution for the last four years and is currently a public sector specialist in the Governance Global…

A Kenyan man has lost his life after getting shot Saturday night at a gas station that he worked in Birmingham, Alabama. Mike Mulwa, 29, was shot on Saturday night at a gas station located in the 9800 block of Parkway East in Birmingham, Alabama. He was rushed to UAB Hospital and underwent surgery…

Sweden will be deporting a 28-year-old Kenyan woman after she allegedly failed a test to prove she is a lesbian. Lucy Murugi, who arrived in Sweden two years ago, says she fears going back to Kenya because her life is in danger. Lucy told a Swedish media that her family turned their back on her…

A Kenyan woman has been sentenced to death by a Malaysian court after she was found guilty of trafficking of methamphetamine four years ago. Rose Achieng Ojala was arrested on November 30th, 2013 at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia after arriving from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.…

It was sorrow for British teen with Kenyan roots, Sarah Ikumu after she failed to go to the finals, exiting at semi-final stage of Britain’s Got Talent show on Wednesday night. Judges of the Britain’s Got Talent watched in doubt as the show’s favorite missed out of the final three slots after she…

The families of the four Kenyans sentenced to life in South Sudan two years ago on Tuesday held protests seeking to have the government intervene and have them released. According to the family members, the four were not subjected to the rule of law in the neighboring country, asking the government…

A section of Kenyans living in the diaspora have joined calls by the opposition coalition National Super Alliance (NASA) to have the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) announce presidential polls results at constituency level in the August 8th polls. The group, led by Raila…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has cleared eight candidates to contest for Presidency in the August 8 general elections, among them a former United States based-author Japhet Kaluyu. Kaluyu and his running mate Eliud Kariara were cleared were given the nod by the poll…

A Kenyan woman has been sentenced by a UK court to two years in jail for stealing $65,800 (Sh6.8 million) from an elderly woman suffering from Alzheimer’s diseases that she had been employed to look after. Kisella Hillman, 27 years old, was found guilty of theft from the 85-year-old woman in a…

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru of the famous 'The Glory is Here' over the weekend traveled to the United States to witness the wedding of her US based daughter in Atlanta, Georgia. Wanjiru’s daughter Purity Kariuki tied the knot with her Fiancée Michael Litunda in a colorful private garden ceremony on…