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The government has issued emergency hotline numbers for Kenyans living and working in Sudan amid escalating violence that has seen at least 200 people dead.
Through Twitter on Wednesday, Principal Secretary for the State Department of Diaspora Affairs Roseline Njogu urged Kenyans in Sudan to reach…
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A Kenyan student in Finland committed suicide in his hostel room under unclear circumstances.
Rodgers Kipruto Kosgei, who hailed from Kesses, Uasin Gishu County, was studying nursing at Laurea University's Tikkurila Campus.
His body was found hanging in his room on Tuesday days after his family…
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More than 3,000 Kenyans are stuck in Sudan amid escalating violence in which nearly 100 people have been killed and over 1,000 others injured.
Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua said Kenyans in Sudan have been forced to lock themselves inside their homes and are seeking…
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Former Chief Government Pathologist Alex Olumbe has died at the age of 60.
Olumbe passed away on Wednesday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, a family member told The Standard on Friday.
“He has been ill for some time. We received news of his death two days ago. As a…
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Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua says several Kenyan attachés in Belgium and Germany have gone for six months without salaries and are struggling to make ends meet.
Mutua, who spoke on Thursday when he appeared before the National Assembly Defense and Foreign Relations…
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A Kenyan family is mourning the tragic death of their kin who died in the United States last week.
Jacob Kiprop Birech of Topeka, Kansas, died after a car he was repairing knocked him to the ground on April 6th, according to The Star.
The deceased had reportedly removed the car’s wheels and went…
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Children of a US-based Kenyan couple that was brutally murdered at their home in Nyamira on March 21st are appealing to the US government to intervene to ensure the perpetrators are brought to book.
Edward Morema Nyagechi, 62, and his wife Grace Mong’ina Morema, 60, were found dead inside their…
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An autopsy has revealed the cause of death of US-based Kenyan couple Edward Morema Nyagechi and Grace Mong’ina Morema.
The postmortem conducted on the two bodies at Kisii Teaching and Referral hospital determined that Nyagechi was hit two times on his head with a blunt object and sustained three…
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A Kenyan family is mourning the tragic death of their kin who worked in Qatar.
Rodgers Indako, who hailed from Lugari, Kakamega County, died after the four-storeyed building he was living in in Al Mansoura, Doha, collapsed on Wednesday last week, according to his family.
His parents Adrian Inziani…
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Nathan Hightman, the fiancé of missing Kenyan-born woman Irene Gakwa has pleaded guilty in Campbell County District Court in Gillette, Wyoming.
Appearing before District Judge James Michael Causey on Tuesday, Hightman, 39, pleaded guilty to three of the five felonies related to intellectual and…
