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Police in London, the United Kingdom are seeking the public’s help to trace a Kenyan woman who went missing early this month.
The 24-year-old woman identified only as Maureen went missing from her home in Deptford, an area on the south bank of the River Thames in southeast London, within the London…
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US-based Kenyan journalist Idris Muktar Ibrahim has narrated how two posts he shared on Twitter in 2014 came back to haunt him nearly 10 years later.
Muktar, 24, worked as a producer with CNN International, based in the network’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, until last month when he lost his…
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The Directorate of Immigration Services has said Kenyans abroad traveling back home using old-generation passports will be allowed entry after the deadline for phasing them out expired on November 30th.
Immigration Director General Alexander Muteshi said those who enter the country with old-…
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The family of a Kenyan woman who is fighting for her life in Saudi Arabia is appealing for the government’s assistance to bring her back home.
Lucy Wambui, 30, was reportedly admitted to the hospital three weeks ago after suffering from a stomach ailment and has since undergone three operations,…
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CNN’s 2022 Hero of the Year Award winner Nelly Cheboi says Azimio La Umoja One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga played a role in her journey to success.
In a recent interview with Success Africa, Cheboi said Odinga gave her Sh300,000 to enable her to travel to the United States after receiving a…
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President Ruto has reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving services to Kenyans living and working abroad.
The president pointed out that the newly created State Department for Diaspora Affairs will boost service delivery to Kenyans abroad, especially on consular matters.
“We are…
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Slain Kenyan nurse Mary Njoki Stanton and her two daughters will be laid to rest in the United States on December 22nd, the family has said.
Njoki, 49, and her daughters Adrianna Stanton, 17, and Brianna Stanton, 11, were found dead at their home in Louisville, Kentucky, alongside her husband 60-…
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A Kenyan man died in Qatar on Tuesday after allegedly falling inside one of the stadiums hosting the ongoing FIFA World Cup matches.
24-year-old John Njau Kibe from Dagoretti, Nairobi, reportedly died from the injuries he sustained from a fall on December 10th, according to the family.
Kibe's uncle…
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A Kenyan family is in agony following the mysterious death of their kin in Saudi Arabia about two weeks ago.
Judith Adhiambo, 37, traveled to the Gulf state in June this year after securing a job as a domestic worker through a local recruitment agency, according to her husband George Otieno.
Otieno…
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US-based Kenyan software engineer Nelly Cheboi has won the 2022 CNN Hero of the Year Award and will receive a cash prize of $100,000 (Sh12 million) to expand her work.
Cheboi, who quit a lucrative software engineering job in Chicago in 2019 to create computer labs for Kenyan schoolchildren, was…
