DIASPORA NEWS

Kenyan-born Wangechi Mutu made history last week after four of her majestic sculptures were unveiled at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) in New York. This was the first time ever an installation has been made at the entrance of the iconic museum in its 117-year history. Dubbed ‘The NewOnes…

A Kenyan woman living in the United States allegedly buried her deceased husband without the knowledge of his family back in Kenya. Eucabeth Angima is said to have secretly buried her husband Thomas Ong’esa in Dallas, Texas about two weeks ago without informing the deceased’s parents, siblings and…

Standard Digital has announced the launch of a new online show where Kenyans living and working in the diaspora will share their experiences abroad. Dubbed Diaspora Life, the new weekly show premiered on Saturday, September 7th on Standard Digital YouTube channel and Facebook page. “This is a very…

National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi on Tuesday ordered a probe into reports that Mwende Mwinzi, a Kenyan-American, was deployed as Kenya’s High Commissioner in Seoul, South Korea without renouncing her US citizenship. Muturi directed the House Committee on Implementation to investigate claims…

Kenyans living and working abroad sent home $224 million (Sh23.3 billion) in the month of July, latest data published by Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) shows. This represents a drop by $71 million (Sh7.4 billion) from $295 million (Sh30.6 billion) recorded in the previous month or a 24 percent fall.…

A Kenyan-born owner of a home health care agency in Massachusetts accused of defrauding the state’s taxpayers through fraudulent Medicaid claims amounting to $815,588 was on Wednesday sentenced to two years in prison, with the entire sentence suspended. 44-year-old Francis Kimaru, owner of…

A 42-year-old Kenyan-born man has landed a plum appointment in the Tennessee State government. Hodgen Mainda has been named the new commissioner of Commerce and Insurance by Tennessee Governor Bill Lee on Thursday, Chattanooga Times Free Press reported. Mainda, who first moved to the US in 1997 as…

A Kenyan businessman in South Africa painfully narrated how he lost his 13-year investment after a new spate of violence targeting immigrants and their businesses broke out this week. John Thumbi, who has been running a clothes store on Jules Street in Johannesburg since 2006, said rioters raided…

Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week arrested a Kenyan-born man who is accused of physically and sexually assaulting his former girlfriend. Erick Wanjiku is alleged to have beaten, strangled, raped and kidnapped his former lover after she reportedly refused to have sex with him. Police said the…

Kenyans living in South Africa have demanded compensation for some of their compatriots who lost property following the break out of fresh xenophobic attacks. On Wednesday, Kenya Diaspora in South Africa (Kedasa), an association for Kenyans in SA, said it was working with the High Commission in…