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A Kenyan man has revealed how he saved a 21-year-old Kenyan woman who was unknowingly traveling to Iraq for work.
Speaking to Nairobi News through WhatsApp, the man said he met Shantel Nyaboke in a Turkish Airlines flight.
The man said the woman believed she was traveling to Qatar for greener…
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An undergraduate co-term student at Stanford University was found dead at an on-campus residence on Friday, just days before commencement.
The university's Vice Provost for Student Affairs Susie Brubaker-Cole broke the news about the student's death in an email to the campus community.
"We have…
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Three Kenyans including two women and one man were charged by a US federal grand jury for their roles in a marriage fraud conspiracy.
Nellie Mbote, a 35-year-old Kenyan from Lee’s Summit, Missouri was charged in a four-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City on May 21st,…
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The body of a Kenyan woman who was found dead in Osbourne Park, Western Australia on May 29th is set to be flown to Kenya for burial
On Saturday, the Kenyan community in Australia raised AUD35,000 (about Sh2.5 million) to help the remains of Nancy Jelagat Cheruiyot airlifted to Kenya.
Ms.…
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Outgoing Kenyan Ambassador to the United States Robinson Githae has urged Kenyans in the diaspora to join Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (Saccos).
Speaking during the 6th Annual General Meeting of the Kenya and USA Diaspora Sacco members in Boston, Githae said Kenyans living and working…
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Deported Kenyan-Canadian lawyer Miguna Miguna has cried foul over the nomination of Mwende Mwinzi as Kenya's High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea.
In a series of tweets on Friday, tMiguna criticized President Kenyatta's decision to nominate Ms. Mwinzi to the position.
Miguna questioned why Ms.…
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A Kenyan-born woman charged with killing a Malawian national in south Dublin, Ireland has been declared unfit to stand trial.
50-year-old Grace Miano allegedly killed Limbani ‘Robert’ Mzoma, 27, at her home in Foxrock, Dublin on November 1st, 2018.
On Tuesday, the Central Criminal Court's Justice…
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The Embassy of the Republican of Kenya in Washington, DC has issued instructions for Kenyans living in the United States who wish to replace their passports with the new generation ePassports, wish to obtain a passport and have never held a Kenyan passport before, or wish to replace a lost or…
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Renowned US-based Kenyan author Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong’o has registered for Huduma Namba.
The scholar was listed on the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS) alongside his wife Njeri wa Ngugi at the Kenyan consulate in Los Angeles.
Speaking after he was registered, Ngugi hailed the…
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The Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) has rallied support for President Kenyatta's nominee for Kenya’s High Commissioner to Seoul, South Korea Ms. Mwende Mwinzi.
The diaspora lobby group wants Ms. Mwende appointed to the position regardless of her dual citizenship.
On Tuesday, the National Assembly…
