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A capital murder case against a teenager accused of shooting and killing a Kenyan-born man in Birmingham, Alabama has been sent to a grand jury for possible indictment. Chandler Bryant, 18, has been charged with capital murder in the shooting of 29-year-old Mike Mulwa Ngangi on June 3rd of this…
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A Kenyan diaspora lobby group has written to Donald Trump Administration seeking to have the administration pressurize Kenya over the repeat presidential election set for October 26th. In their petition, Kenya Patriotic Movement (KEPAM) has expressed its worries over the rising tension surrounding…
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UK-based Kenyan publisher Vanessa King’ori has been appointed as the new publishing director of British Vogue magazine. In a statement, Vogue managing director said that Kingóri had exhibited outstanding executive abilities and therefore was best fit for the position. “With Vogue entering its new…
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A Kenyan Pastor's body was on Friday cremated in London, United Kingdom. The late Nicholas Chege Mwaura, who passed on after a fatal train crash in North London on Wednesday was cremated after it was established that his body was heavily damaged as a result of the crash. Family and friends…
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New data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows that diaspora remittances hit Sh107.45 billion in the seven months to July, representing g a 5.35 per cent increase in comparison to a similar period in 2016. The outstanding performance cements the place of Kenyans living abroad as Kenya's top…
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Kenyan born, UK-based Professor Magdalene Odundo has been named the new Chancellor of United Kingdom University for the Creative Arts (UCA). The world-renowned artist and former student at UCA will take the role of UCA Chancellor in June 2018. Professor Odundo has seen her ceramic art work…
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High Court in South Sudan has acquitted six of 16 people accused of stealing millions of dollars from the Office of the President. The 16, including four Kenyans, were accused of having a hand in the disappearance of over $14 million and 30 million South Sudanese pounds. They were handed a life…
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Huge remittances by Kenyans living abroad has forced Kenya Commercial Bank (CBK) to court the diaspora community. Data from Central Bank of Kenya revealed that diaspora remittances to Kenya rose to Sh92 billion in the first half of 2017, a four per cent increase from the Sh88.3 billion reported in…
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A newly released documentary has revealed the silent challenges that Kenyan immigrants living in the United States go through. 'Diaspora Dispatches', written, produced and directed by Kaba Mbugua was released in Raleigh, North Carolina, and features confessions by a number of Kenyans who candidly…
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The Equity Insurance Agency has unveiled a new medical cover targeting Kenyans living in the diaspora to benefit their loved ones back home. Dubbed ‘Equimed’, the new medical insurance cover is reliable, affordable and flexible. Equimed is underwritten by Britam Insurance Company and caters for…

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