DIASPORA NEWS

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has faulted a section of Kenyans in the diaspora for engaging in illegal businesses.  Speaking on Citizen TV's JKLive show on Wednesday, Mutua said some Kenyans brew illicit liquor in Gulf countries, where the sale and consumption of…

A group of Kenyans in the diaspora has petitioned the government to abolish the English proficiency test for Kenyans seeking jobs abroad. The group argues that it is illogical to subject graduates who have taken their studies from primary to university in English to such language tests. “After…

A Kenyan family is appealing for the government’s help to repatriate the body of their daughter who died in Saudi Arabia last month. Sharon Andeka, 27, from Shinyalu, Kakamega County, passed away on December 30th while undergoing treatment at Shemesiy Hospital in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The…

Remittances from Kenyans in the diaspora reached an all-time annual record of $4,028 million (Sh497.2 billion) in 2022, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This represents an increase of 8.3 percent compared to $3,718 million (Sh458.9 billion) received from Kenyans…

Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu has urged distressed Kenyan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia to seek shelter at the Sakan Holding Center. Njogu, who is part of a Kenyan government delegation visiting Saudi Arabia in a bid to address the challenges facing migrant workers there,…

Labor and Social Protection Cabinet Secretary Florence Bore is currently on a visit to Saudi Arabia in a bid to address the challenges facing Kenyan migrant workers. On the first day of her labor migration mission in the Gulf state, Bore and her delegation met with Coordination Council for…

A Kenyan family is mourning the death of their kin who died from alleged carbon monoxide poisoning in Qatar. Binti Mohammed Mwanyota, a 32-year-old mother of four from Kwale County, worked as a housemaid in the Middle East nation since March last year, according to her family. On the morning of…

A Kenyan-born nurse will be sentenced on Thursday after she pleaded guilty in a $100 million home health care fraud and kickback scheme. Winnie Waruru of Lowell, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston on September 8th last year. Waruru, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of…

The government has made changes to the eCitizen portal to allow Kenyans living and working abroad to open an account using their email addresses. The changes were announced by Diaspora Affairs Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu through a notice posted on Twitter. Njogu pointed out that eCitizen…

An American man accused of stealing from a bank account of his missing Kenyan girlfriend is headed for a potential 10-day trial. Nathan Hightman appeared in the Campbell County Courthouse on Wednesday for his pretrial conference on five felony charges, among them two counts of theft, two counts of…