DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan-born woman who went missing in Germany five weeks ago is yet to be found. 32-year-old Rita Awuor Ojunge was last seen on April 5th after she dropped her two kids at a neighbor's home. The neighbor told police that Ms. Rita had been dropping her children at her house every time she needed…

A Kenyan man in Dallas, Texas already facing capital murder charges has been charged with 11 more murders. 46-year-old Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, who is already in jail being held for the March, 2018 murder of a woman in her apartment in Plano, Texas, was this week indicted in six new murder charges…

The Kenya High Commission in Canada has informed Kenyans living in Canada that registration for Huduma Namba is currently ongoing, and will end on June 19, 2019. The High Commission informs Kenyans registering for Huduma Namba that they will need to start the registration process online at https://…

The Kenya Embassy in Washington, DC is informing Kenyans living in the United States and Mexico that the Huduma Namba registration process in currently ongoing. The Embassy says the process started on May 6th and will end on June 19, 2019. Huduma Namba registration is part of the Kenyan government’…

Kenyans in the Diaspora have until June 20, 2019 to register for Huduma Namba, the Interior Ministry has announced. The registration exercise for Kenyans in the Diaspora started at Kenyan consulates and embassies abroad on May 6th. (RELATED: Huduma Namba Registration for Kenyans in the United…

Miguna Miguna has accused the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) of illegally detaining copies of his new book at the port of Mombasa. In a tweet, Miguna claims that the tax agency has refused to release 1,830 copies of his new book titled ‘Treason: The Case Against Tyrants and Renegades.' Miguna says…

Diaspora remittances have continued to cement their grip as Kenya’s highest foreign exchange earner. Latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that Kenyans living and working abroad sent home a staggering Sh67.16 billion in the first three months of this year. This is an increase from…

Results of the 2020 Diversity Visa Program, popularly known as the Green Card Lottery, will be available online starting tomorrow, May 7th, 2019. The results are for individuals who participated in the lottery during the open registration period last year, between October 30, 2018 and November 6,…

Kenyans online have accused a US-based Kenyan woman Achieng Agutu of telling lies when she appeared on a popular TV show, The Ellen Show, hosted by American comedian Ellen Degeneres. Her claims that she learned to write and speak good English by watching The Ellen Show when she was young caught the…

A Kenyan family has won $50,000 (Sh5 million) cash prize on American comedian Ellen Degeneres’ The Ellen Show. This comes after Degeneres reunited a Kenyan woman in the US with her family after two years of living apart and not seeing each other. In a video uploaded to YouTube, Achieng Agutu, a…