DIASPORA NEWS
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Kenya’s ambassador to the United States, David Kerich, has completed a three-day engagement with Kenyan diaspora members in Atlanta, Georgia, aimed at strengthening ties and advancing shared development goals.
The Diaspora Growth and Development Engagement Forum, held from 14 to 16 November,…
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Kenyan-born officer Silvia Jemutai has been promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army during a ceremony held on 14 November at Fort Lee, Virginia.
Jemutai, who grew up in Kopsiya, Poror in Eldama Ravine, Baringo County, marked the occasion with family and friends who travelled from…
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Tanzanian authorities have arrested a US Army sergeant of Kenyan descent after allegedly finding military-grade grenades in his vehicle at the Sirari border crossing.
Police identified the suspect as 30-year-old Charles Onkuri Ongeta, a dual citizen of Kenya and the United States. Officers in…
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A Kenyan diaspora community leader, Bernard Wanjohi Kamara, 55, died on the morning of Saturday, November 15, 2025, after a runaway tire struck his vehicle on Interstate 440 (I-440) in Raleigh, North Carolina.
According to the Raleigh Police Department, the fatal incident occurred when a left front…
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Kenya has urged mothers living in Saudi Arabia with undocumented children to use available legal channels to secure official documents and protect their children’s status.
The government’s renewed call follows continued concern over the difficulties faced by Kenyan women in Saudi Arabia, where…
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A family in Mkongani, Kilifi County, is seeking help to repatriate the body of Jacinta Mueni Muinde, a Kenyan migrant worker who died in Saudi Arabia on 12 November.
Muinde reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest while at work. She had lived in Saudi Arabia since 2011 and spent 14 years supporting her…
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Kenyan entrepreneur Naomi Wairimu Ogutu has built a growing executive transport company in New York.
Arriving in New York in 2012 with a master’s degree in project management, Ogutu expected to enter her field quickly. Instead, she faced limited job prospects, the pressures of adapting to a new…
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Kenya is confronting a renewed cybercrime risk after some citizens rescued from scam syndicates abroad were found to have rejoined the same criminal operations.
Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi said a number of returnees are not merely…
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The Kenyan government has denied allegations that DNA test delays are preventing mothers and their children from returning home from Saudi Arabia.
Principal Secretary Roseline Njogu of the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs responded to claims by Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang’wa, who said…
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Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang’wa has vowed to raise in the Senate the plight of Kenyan families stranded in Saudi Arabia due to delays in government procedures.
In a statement issued on 13 November, the Senator highlighted the case of a woman from Vihiga County who has lived in Riyadh for several…
