DIASPORA NEWS

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Three Kenyan nationals living in the United States are facing deportation proceedings as US immigration enforcement intensifies under the Trump administration.   In Washington State, Martin Njogu Njoki, 43, is being held at the King County Correctional Facility following criminal charges…
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A Kenyan woman who had been out of contact following surgery in Saudi Arabia has reconnected with her family, confirming she is recovering in hospital. Zipporah Mumbi, 28, had travelled to Saudi Arabia in search of employment and had been in regular contact with her family until communication…
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A Kenyan woman is stranded in India after allegedly being trafficked and forced into sex work under false pretences. Purity Cherono, a mother of two from Rongai in Nakuru County, says she was misled into travelling to India in July with the promise of a job as a masseuse. With previous experience…
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A 22-year-old Kenyan man, Bidan Mburu, was fatally shot last week in Greenwood City, Indiana, after being struck by a stray bullet during a domestic dispute in a residential parking lot. Mburu was returning home from work when a man allegedly fired a gun at his partner during an argument. The…
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The body of Felix Kiptum Limo, a Kenyan man who died in Qatar last month, has been returned to his family in Nandi County after weeks of legal and diplomatic delays. Limo, who had recently moved to Qatar for work, was found dead on 12 August in an abandoned building near his home. He had been…
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President William Ruto did not attend a planned meeting with Kenyans living in the United States over the weekend, despite earlier expectations that he would engage with the diaspora community during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).   The event, held in…
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Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to identify and repatriate four Kenyan nationals captured in Ukraine, who are believed to have been conscripted into the Russian military under unclear circumstances. One of the detainees, Evans Kibet, a former athlete who entered Russia on a tourist…
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Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is investigating reports that several Kenyan nationals were trafficked into Russia and later captured in Ukraine while allegedly serving in the Russian military. Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei confirmed the inquiry, stating that officials are…
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A Melbourne woman has pleaded guilty to reckless conduct endangering life after a newborn baby was found injured inside a plastic bag outside a residential property in the city’s north. Irine Jerotich, 26, admitted the charge during a hearing at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court earlier this week. The…
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Jephnei Orina, a 30-year-old Kenyan legal scholar and practitioner, is the founder of a US-based law firm and lectures at two American universities. Born and raised in Kisii County, western Kenya, Orina began his academic career studying education at Kisii University, where he later worked as a…