DIASPORA NEWS

Citizen TV has refuted claims that they had abandoned investigative journalist Purity Mwambia, who was forced into exile after uncovering corrupt police officers.  In an interview with media outlets, a source from the Kilimani-based station stated that Mwambia was still associated with Royal…

Former Citizen TV investigative journalist Purity Mwambia fled to the US after receiving death threats due to her story on rogue cops.  On May 30, 2023, she was invited to a conference hosted by the United States Department of State which focused on the special difficulties female journalists…

Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared that he will clear the backlog of passports at the Immigration Department in a period of 21 days.  The CS said Kenyans that apply for passports will receive their documents within seven days. His utterance came on Wednesday, May 31, when Kindiki…

Lewis Mureti, a beneficiary of the KENYA Airlift Program remembers with bliss his long-awaited first flight experience that gave him a foretaste of life in the US.  He ardently describes how he had longed for the chance to fly, however, his imagination had not been able to fully comprehend…

Erick Ateka, Moses Moturi and Ben Ongeri, all Kenyan medical professionals, have their own plots at the Covenant Church Farm which is operated by the Village Agricultural Cooperative.  This is Ateka's second year farming a small patch of land offered by the Village Agricultural…

Two Kenyan football supporters were on Wednesday presented with a lifetime chance to view the 2022/23 Champions League final.  This ultimate showdown of Europe's premier club competition will feature English Premier League champions Manchester City pitted against Italian powerhouses Inter…

Catherine Wairimu Ng'ang'a, a pastor from Arise and Healing and Deliverance Church located in Githurai, appeared before Milimani court Senior Principal Magistrate Zainab Abdul on four counts of obtaining money through false pretences.  It was established that she had defrauded Sh6.8 million…

CNN International Correspondent Larry Modowo has disclosed that he was near a shooting incident which occurred at a crowded beach spot in Hollywood, Florida on Monday evening.  In a tweet shared on Tuesday, the host of African Voices Changemakers stated that he and the people he was with could…

The High Commission of India in Kenya has offered to support two young experts in the technology and innovation field.  The move will be realised through a contest dubbed the Pamoja Hackathon and Innovation Challenge, which has since attracted more than 120 participants from various…

Four Kenyan fintech startups have been chosen from more than 500 applicants to be part of a 10-week programme sponsored by Amazon and dubbed the FinTech Africa Accelerator.  The four companies - Chumz, Hela Money, Kiotapay and Mauzo - will receive technical reviews up to $25,000 (Sh3.5…