DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan-Canadian attorney Miguna Miguna has sued Foreign Affairs CS Raychelle Omamo over his failed trip to Kenya. Miguna, who was deported to Canada in 2018, wants CS Omamo committed to civil jail for disobeying a court order requiring the ministry to facilitate his trip to Kenya. “She has…

A Kenyan man has been arrested and charged with rape in the US state of Kansas.  Samuel Wambugu is accused of sexually assaulting an 86-year-old resident of a nursing home in Overland Park, Kansas.  Police say the accused was a former staff member at The Heritage of Overland Park nursing…

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) on Friday rolled out a diaspora voter registration exercise.    IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati says the 15-day exercise will be conducted in 18 registration centres in 11 countries as gazetted on January 14th. The countries include…

A new trial for suspected Kenyan-born serial killer Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir is set to begin in April in Dallas, Texas. This is after the initial case against Chemirmir, who is accused of killing at least 18 elderly women in Texas over a two-year period, was declared a mistrial in November. The 12…

Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) on Thursday released the results of the first-ever survey on diaspora remittances. The Kenya Diaspora Remittances Survey shows that mobile money has overtaken banks and cash transfer companies in sending remittances to Kenya. Convenience, favorable transaction charges,…

The family of former Kameme FM presenter Jedidah Wambui Weru is in agony following her death in the US. Jedidah, who was living in Seattle, Washington with her American husband, died under unclear circumstances in December last year. Her family says she moved to the US in 2018 in search of greener…

The family of a Kenyan woman who died in Saudi Arabia last year is appealing for financial assistance to transport her remains to Kenya for burial. Holiness Wawuda, 52, is said to have collapsed in police cells in Riyadh on October 10th, 2021, and was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital in the…

Kenyans in the US and 10 other countries can book an appointment to register as voters ahead of the forthcoming elections.   Those wishing to vote in the August 9th elections are required to book an appointment on https://cvr.iebc.or.ke/#appointment, then visit the nearest Kenyan high…

Kenyan-born medic Asha Sigei has been appointed the new Chief Pathologist and Medical Director of the Iredell Memorial Laboratory in Statesville, North Carolina. Her appointment was announced by the Iredell Health System, a non-profit organization based in Iredell County.   Sigei, of Piedmont…

A Kenyan man was on Saturday arrested in Atlanta, Georgia in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed a seven-year-old girl with autism last week. 47-year-old David Ngugi of Acworth was apprehended after video evidence and assistance from the public helped investigators to track him down…