DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $345.5 million (Sh42.4 billion) in the month of November, representing a 3.9 percent increase compared to $332.6 million (Sh40.5 billion) in October. The cumulative inflows for the 12 months to November totaled $4,021 million (Sh494 billion) compared to $…

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Dr. Alfred Mutua has revealed plans by the government to establish a diaspora department in all Kenyan missions abroad. Speaking during the 9th Kenya Diaspora Homecoming Convention at Ole Sereni hotel, Nairobi, Mutua said the ministry will set up…

Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has reiterated the government’s commitment to offer more support to Kenyans living and working abroad. Speaking when he officially opened the Annual Kenya Diaspora Homecoming Convention at Ole Sereni Hotel Nairobi on Wednesday, Mutua said…

The family of a Kenyan nurse who was killed together with her two daughters by her husband in the United States on Saturday says they are yet to come to terms with the loss of the three. Mary Njoki Stanton, 49, and her daughters Adrianna Stanton, 17, and Brianna Stanton, 11, were found dead at…

President Ruto is later this month expected to travel to the United States where he will attend the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, which will be hosted by President Biden. Ruto and other heads of state and leaders from across Africa will converge in Washington D.C. from December 13th to 15th for the…

A Kenyan family is mourning the death of a mother and her two daughters who were shot dead by her husband in a suspected murder-suicide in the US state of Kentucky on Saturday. Officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) received a report of a shooting just after 8:30 a.m. Saturday…

Police in Louisville, Kentucky are investigating a suspected murder-suicide that killed four people among them a Kenyan woman and her two daughters. Officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) received a report of a shooting just after 8:30 a.m. Saturday morning in the 4500 block of…

The Lawton Ballet Theatre in Oklahoma, USA is collecting donations to help Kenyan student Francis Waweru finish his education at Cameron University. Waweru, who is the male lead in Lawton Ballet Theatre’s upcoming performance of The Nutcracker, moved to the US in 2021 to study theatre after two…

President Ruto has said his administration is determined to increase the number of Kenyans working in South Korea from the current 300 to 10,000 by his next visit to the Asian country. Ruto, who is on a three-day State visit to South Korea, spoke during a meeting with the Kenyan community in Seoul…

Kenyan rapper Sandra Chebet, alias Msupa S, on Friday tied the knot with her Kenyan-American boyfriend in the United States. Chebet and her partner Tim, who serves in the US Army, exchanged marriage vows in a civil wedding after three years of courtship. The Watajua hawajui hitmaker shared the…