DIASPORA NEWS

A Kenyan national working in Qatar has been charged with receiving payment to spread disinformation in the Middle East country. Malcolm Bidali, who was arrested in the capital Doha early this month, worked as a security guard with GSS Certis International. He is also a blogger and labor activist.…

More details about Stacey Marie Parker, the woman linked to the Amazon Web Worker Ponzi scheme, have emerged. Stacey, 50, was arrested on Friday upon landing at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi from the US. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said…

A 49-year-old Kenyan man was last week found dead in his house in the US state of Nebraska. Stephen Kimiri Kuria’s lifeless body was discovered inside his apartment at 5100 Florence Boulevard in Omaha, where he was living alone. Officers from the Omaha police department were able to identify him…

Job Nalianya, the top student in the 2011 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exam, is doing well in the US.  Nalianya, who sat for his KCSE exam at St Peter's Seminary in western Kenya, spoke about his life during an interview with Citizen TV on Sunday. Following his sterling…

A section of Kenyans in the diaspora have opposed the Foreign Service Bill 2021, which is currently before the National Assembly.  In a statement, the group said the bill sponsored by Kajiado South MP Katoo Ole Metito discriminates against Kenyans in the diaspora, especially holders of dual…

Former Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioner Roselyn Akombe is a happy mother after her daughter graduated from New York University. Joy graduated from the university’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business on Thursday. Akombe, 45, took to Twitter to congratulate her…

A Kenyan family is in dismay after their kin died under mysterious circumstances in Saudi Arabia. Esther Wanjiku Thuku, who hailed from Thika, Kiambu County, went to Saudi Arabia in June 2019 to work as a domestic manager. Since her arrival in the Middle East country, she was in constant…

A Kenyan domestic worker who is currently stuck in Saudi Arabia is appealing for help to return home. Patricia Wanja Kimani, 25, says her employer has subjected her to inhumane treatment in the past two months. Wanja went to the Middle East country on March 8th, 2021, through Maharan Human…

A Kenyan man who was reported missing in Atlanta, Georgia last week has been found dead. The lifeless body of Evans Gathaga Muhia was discovered by Douglas Police in Lithia Springs at a slimy creek near where he lived. Police believe Muhia did not jump into the stream but slid down as his shirt was…

The US embassy in Nairobi has issued a statement following the mysterious disappearance of Somali-American contractor Mohamud Bashir Mohammed. Through its spokesperson, the embassy said the “welfare and safety of US citizens abroad is one of the highest priorities of the Department of State.” “We…