DIASPORA NEWS

Police in Delaware have sought the public’s help in tracing a Kenyan woman who has been missing for about five months. 23-year-old Brenda Wanjiku was reported missing by her family in April this year, according to WMDT 47 News. Brenda is said to have left the family’s residence in Camden, a town in…

The family of a Kenyan woman who died under unclear circumstances at a deportation centre in Saudi Arabia is appealing for help to repatriate her body to Kenya for burial. Hannah Njeri’s family learned about her death last week after Kenyans working in the Gulf state shared her photos on social…

The family of a Kenyan woman who drowned in a pool in Ontario, Canada while live-streaming her swimming session on Facebook has raised 52,856 Canadian dollars (Sh4.9 million) to ferry her remains to Kenya for burial. 24-year-old Hellen Wendy Nyabuto was enjoying an afternoon swim last Thursday when…

The identity of a passenger who passed away aboard a Kenya Airways (KQ) flight heading from New York to Nairobi on Monday has been revealed. In a statement on Tuesday, the national carrier said the passenger fell ill mid-air, prompting the flight KQ003 to divert to Casablanca, Morocco for a medical…

Diaspora remittances from the United States have declined by a monthly average of three percent this year, largely attributed to the rising inflation in the world’s largest economy. Citing data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), Business Daily reports that inflows from the US dropped to $183.4…

A Kenyan-born nurse has retired after working at Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Oregon for over four decades. Bancy Gatimu left the hospital this month after working there for 43 years, making her the health facility’s oldest and longest-serving…

Kenyan scholar Dr. Jerono Rotich has been appointed as Associate Dean for Organizational Climate, Inclusion, and Belonging and Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University (IU). In her new role, Dr. Rotich will lead schoolwide diversity and inclusion efforts including the…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $319.4 million (Sh38.2 billion) in July, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). This represents a decline of 5.1 percent compared to USD$336.7 million (Sh40.3 billion) remitted in July 2021 and a 1.04 percent drop compared to $…

The family of a Kenyan woman who drowned in a pool in Ontario, Canada while live-streaming her swimming session on Facebook is appealing for financial help to bring her body back to Kenya for burial. 24-year-old Hellen Wendy Nyabuto was enjoying an afternoon swim on Thursday when she tragically…

The family of a Canada-based Kenyan woman who drowned in a swimming pool while streaming live on Facebook on Thursday has confirmed her death. 24-year-old Hellen Wendy Nyabuto, a resident of Toronto, drowned about 10 minutes into the live video but her phone continued to record for over three…