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Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) on Saturday drafted a son of Kenyan immigrants into the team.
Jack Tocho, a Defensive Back, was drafted in the 7th round - a 245th overall selection. The 6’, 200-pound Jack played college football at North Caroline State, specifically in the…
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A Kenyan man has taken her 83 year-old mother to visit the famous Harvard University in the United States.
Chris Mburu posted a powerful message accompanied by photos of him and his elderly mum at the world-renowned Harvard University. Mburu narrates his rise from poverty to attending one of the…
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An attorney representing the two Akasha brothers has asked the court to detain the two suspects in the same facility. The two brothers are being held in the US on drug-smuggling charges and have begged to be imprisoned in the same prison in New York City.
“The two brothers are separated, do not…
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Judges in South Sudan have questioned how four Kenyans convicted of simple fraud for life were imprisoned for life in South Sudan.
A decision made by the county’s appeal Judges and received by the relatives of the four Kenyans had three judges separately censure their juniors for imposing…
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President Uhuru Kenyatta has advised Kenyans living abroad to register with their respective embassies in order to ensure they receive timely help in case of emergencies and to also receive information on Kenyan government services available to them in their countries of residence.
The president…
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A Kenyan man was arrested last week in Greensburg, Illinois on suspicion he raped a woman in a hotel room.
Teddy M. Muriithi, 38, of Hoffman, Illinois, was arrested around 1:30am Wednesday after police were called to the Baymont Inn on reports of rape.
Muriithi has been charged with rape, which a…
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A host of Hollywood celebrities will be visiting Kenya in July to attend the wedding of The Real Housewives of Atlanta's star Shamea Morton, who will be marrying US-based Kenyan businessman Gerald Mwangi.
Most of cast members in the reality show The Real Housewives of Atlanta (RHOA) have confirmed…
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A former resident of Dallas, Texas has won the Jubilee nomination for the Senate seat in Nakuru County.
Susan Kihika, the current Nakuru County Assembly speaker, won overwhelmingly, garnering 192,596 against her challenger Karanja Kabage who had 30,916 votes.
Susan practiced law in Dallas, Texas…
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A Kenyan man has been admitted at a medical Assisted Facility in Wayne, New Jersey for the last two years after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident. Almost as equally as sad is that up until a few days ago when his case was publicized on social media, Bernard Wambui Mumo had not received…
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An American born boy with Kenyan roots is making headlines in the United States after getting accepted to all eight Ivy League universities in the US that he had applied for.
17-year-old Derek Onserio, a son of Kenyan immigrants living in Osseo, Minnesota, has been accepted to Harvard, Yale,…
