COVID-19 Pandemic Kenya Reimposes COVID-19 Restrictions
NAIROBI – Kenya reimposed COVID-19 restrictions after the country’s positivity rate this week jumped to 22 percent, a 20 percent increase since January. Addressing the nation Friday, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta put the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding counties under lockdown. “Seventy percent of Kenya’s reported cases of More...
Policing in Britain under the spotlight
Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain met with law enforcement officials yesterday after the London police faced a firestorm of criticism for cracking down on a vigil on Saturday. Officials are More...
Western World leaders express shock as Pro Trump supporters storm Capitol Hill.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – World leaders on Wednesday expressed shock at the violent protesters who overran the U.S. Congress and attempts to overturn the Nov. 3 presidential election results which dealt a victory More...
U.S. charges Kenyan militant with researching 9/11-style airplane hijacking
Reuters: U.S. prosecutors said on Wednesday they had charged a Kenya-born militant with terrorism-related offenses, including conspiring to hijack aircraft for a 9/11-style attack on an American target on behalf More...
Virtual Jamhuri Day 2020 Celebrations for Kenyans in the Diaspora -London/Rome/Paris
Kenyans in cities across the world joined online platforms to celebrate 57th Jamhuri Day. In London the virtual celebrations, first of kind were led by H.E Manoah Isipisu, Kenya’s High Commissioner to the More...
Financing Africa – The role of Africa Diaspora Remittance and Diaspora Savings
Financing Africa’s public and private sector projects has always been an expensive business, the outbreak of COVID 19 adds further strain to Africa’s access to finance in an already stretched environment. More...
World Bank Predicts Sharpest Decline of Remittances in Recent History
Remittances to sub-Saharan African economies could fall by as much as 23.1% this year according to new World Bank estimates, due to the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Total flows could drop from $48bn in 2019 More...
Unwanted at Home and abroad ‘ Kenyans in the Diaspora protest Government Negligence.
Kenyans in the Diaspora are frustrated and accuse the Government of neglecting them. We are much more than the Remittance we send home, they said. Unwanted at home and abroad – ”They let politicians, More...
We are much more than the remittance’ – Kenya Diaspora
Kenyans in the Diaspora ‘those of the remittance’ are constantly reminded of their patriotic duty to support Kenya’s economic development by way of sending money (remittance) More...
Kenyans in the US campaign to raise money for Vulnerable Kenyans
Led by a popular Kikuyu Diaspora TV presenter Jeremy Damaris, Kenyans resident in the US and beyond have rallied together to raise money in a campaign themed Diaspora feed Kenya. In the last 12 hours, the campaign More...
