DIASPORA NEWS
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Immanuel Gitamo, a Kenyan-born US Army soldier has embarked on a career in space after earning a doctorate in astrophysics. Gitamo, an Air Defense Battle Management System Operator, hopes to change the way humans travel to outer space.
He immigrated to the US in 2006 aged 19 to pursue his passion…
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Kenyan-American student Kelly Chege has been selected as a member of the maiden class of the US Global Leadership Coalition’s Next Generation Global Leaders Network.
Chege, a Ph.D. student in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, is among about 100 young professionals from 33 US states…
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Police in Massachusetts are searching for a Kenyan man accused of molesting an American woman described as non-verbal.
Brian Njeri of Leicester, MA is said to have committed the act at ARCHway, a Department of Children and Families-funded group home for persons with autism and development…
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Kenyans in the diaspora sent home $278.4 million (Sh30.6 billion) in January 2021, the latest data by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows.
Last month’s inflows represent a 7.3 percent growth compared to the same period in 2020 when remittances stood at $259.4 million (Sh28.5 billion).
The…
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A section of Kenyans living in Texas has shared their experiences following a brutal winter storm that has struck the state.
Hundreds of water systems were damaged by the freeze, leaving nearly 50 percent of the state's population without water services.
The state's energy grid was also overwhelmed…
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More than 50 Kenyans are reportedly stuck at JF Kennedy International Airport in New York after Kenya Airways (KQ) canceled flights.
Stranded travelers took to social media to express their frustration after the airline canceled flights from Sunday, with no communication to passengers.
“Fly…
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Kenyans in the diaspora could soon have an MP representing them in parliament if a new Bill is approved.
The Bill tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday by Ndia MP George Kariuki proposes that Kenyans abroad be allowed to nominate an MP to represent their interests in parliament.
"Kenyans in…
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The appointment of Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi as Kenya’s Ambassador to South Korea became a subject of debate in the National Assembly on Thursday.
The matter was raised in the House by Mosop MP Vincent Tuwei, who questioned the process leading to the appointment of Mwinzi to the ambassadorial…
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Kenyan-American Mwende Mwinzi has finally taken up her position as Kenya’s Ambassador to South Korea, nearly two years after her nomination by President Kenyatta.
Mwinzi presented her credentials to South Korea President Moon Jae-in during a ceremony at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in…
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A Kenyan nurse working in the US says he was infected with COVID-19 despite having been inoculated against the virus.
George Otieno, who works at the Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital in Michigan, says he contracted the illness during his volunteer missions in other states, 16 days after he received…
