DIASPORA NEWS

A family from Mombasa is appealing for help to bring back their daughter who has allegedly been held captive by her employer in Medina, Saudi Arabia. 34-year-old Mwanaiki Said moved to Saudi Arabia in November 2019 to work as a house help but is now seeking to return home after being subjected to…

Celebrated Kenyan radio presenter Maina Kageni has talked about his life in the UK and the hardships he went through. Speaking during a recent interview on Churchill Show, Kageni disclosed that he moved to the UK after completing his high school education and enrolled in a college but never…

The government is seeking to partner with Kenyans abroad in carrying out research and strengthening the diaspora data bank. The plan was disclosed by Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye, who spoke during a webinar facilitated by the Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA), a federation that…

The body of a 19-year-old Kenyan student who died in Russia last month is set to be airlifted to Kenya for burial after Deputy President William Ruto’s intervention. Abraham Mutinda Mwendwa, an Alliance Boys High School alumnus, passed away in a Russian hospital on September 21st after a short…

US-based Kenyan scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Wachira is set to be honored by Texas A&M University. Dr. Wachira is among 15 outstanding faculty members who will be honored by the A&M-Commerce Faculty Senate and the Texas Association of Black Personnel in Higher Education. They will be feted during…

The Kenyan Embassy in Washington, DC has announced the resumption of in-person consular services effective Monday, October 19th. “The Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Washington DC would like to inform the general public of the resumption of limited in-person consular services at the Embassy…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has blocked attempts by MPs to stonewall the appointment of Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi as Kenya's Ambassador to South Korea. Muturi in a communication on Thursday said Mwende's fate now lies with President Kenyatta and not Parliament since the court last…

A new mobile application has been launched to help Kenyans in the diaspora monitor the quality of healthcare their families back home receive. Dubbed Diaspocare, the app also enables Kenyans living and working abroad to pay their relatives’ medical bills, Business Daily reports.  Diaspocare…

A family living in Switzerland is seeking answers following the mysterious death of their kin in Kenya. The family from the Swiss city of Winterthur received the shocking news of Mr. Abu Bakari’s death early last month but the cause of his death remains a mystery.  Bakari died in Watamu,…

Alexander Bedran, a 25-year-old Kenyan-born man living in Lebanon has finally traced his Kenyan relatives after a long search. Bedran was born in 1995 in Mombasa to a Kenyan mother and a Lebanese father before the family secretly moved to Lebanon when he was two years old. He recently talked to…