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Posted By simmons on October 24, 2015

The late Rebo Kairu Ngure, who was promoted to glory on October 17th 2015 after being severely attacked by thugs at his home in Kenya, will be buried on Friday. Family sources have said.

He was husband to Terry Wairimu Kairu, father to Kairu Rebo (Baltimore, Maryla...

Cytonn Diaspora requests the pleasure of your company at an Investment Forum which will take place in Towson, Maryland on Sunday, October 25th, 2015 from 3pm to 8pm.

Come learn about Investment opportunities in East Africa.

The Investment Forum will take pla...

Cytonn Diaspora requests the pleasure of your company for a Dinner Event in Towson, Maryland on Saturday, October 24, 2015 from 7pm to 9:30pm.

Come learn about Investment opportunities in East Africa over dinner, which is being sponsored by Cytonn Diaspora.

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Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong'o Was Left Speechless On Tuesday (20oct15) As She Was Honoured With Her Own Day In Harlem, New York.

The 12 Years A Slave beauty is currently in the Big Apple for her Off Broadway play Eclipsed, and she was invited to discuss her life and...

The 2015 Mashujaa Awards Gala was held on Saturday, October 17th in Houston, Texas. The annual event recognizes and celebrates the achievements of Kenyans both in the Homeland Kenya and the entire Diaspora at large.

Here is the list of winners of the-just concluded...

A high-ranking Sheppard Pratt employee and her husband pleaded guilty Friday to fraud charges based on invoices from 2007 to 2014 totaling more than $2.7 million, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland.

Lyneth Nyabiosi was the director of healt...

Pay your taxes and rates, follow-up on your documents, Obtain Information, Purchase Gifts, Groceries, and Stationery, Distribute Cards for your Events and such other things. Call Zissou - your reliable Courier and Errands Services Provider in Kenya.

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Authorities in Brandenburg, Germany, are looking for relatives of a Kenyan man who died two weeks ago in the Northern German town of Hohenleipisch.

The body of Moses Sirma was discovered inside his house in Hohenleipisch on October 3, 2015 and has been lying in the...

The Nairobi Chamber Chorus is in the USA marketing Kenya as a safe place to visit.

The choir has been touring the southern states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida, using their songs to highlight the integration and peace in their home country.

Th...

Kitten Diaspora requests the pleasure of your company for a Dinner Event on Sunday, October 18, 2015 from 7pm to 9pm at Africa Fusion restaurant in Dallas, Texas.

Come learn about Investment opportunities in East Africa over dinner, which is being sponsored by Cyto...

Theatre critics are virtually unanimous in praising Lupita Nyongos stage debut in an Africa-focused play that opened in New York on Wednesday.

The New York Times hailed Ms Nyongos tremendously accomplished performance in the drama, titled Eclipsed, that is se...

When most people leave the country to study abroad, they usually do so with the hopes that it would make finding a job once they return much easier.

And so, armed with their certificates some of them from worlds highly regarded universities they re...

An American national sobbed in a Nairobi court on Thursday as he narrated how his Kenyan wife, with whom they have two children, fleeced him.

Mr John Eugene Bennet, with a pitched voice stated: I have limited funds. All my accounts are in the name of my Kenyan wif...

King County officials have suspended the license of a nursing assistant after he was charged with raping a blind, deaf and mentally disabled person in his care.

Washington state Department of Health officials say Samuel K. Njuguna was charged with second-degree rap...

When an employment agent approached 23-year-old Rosebella Akoth one year ago with an offer for a job paying Sh30,000 per month, among other benefits, she couldnt resist it.

She packed her bags in July 2014 and left for Saudi Arabia with the hopes that her new job...

A Kenyan diplomat was attacked during a home invasion in Queens, sources said.

Evans Maturu, 48, told police he was on the first floor of his Kew Gardens Hills home, on 73rd Ave. near 147th St., about 8 p.m. on Saturday when he heard a loud noise on the second floo...

Ever dream of starting a major business or bringing a top-rated franchise back to your motherland, but you are hamstrung by lack of capital or technical support? If so, a major investment forum in Boston next week (October 13-14) is your answer.

President Uhuru Kenyattas frequent foreign trips cost taxpayers more than Sh1 billion in the financial year ended June, adding to the national budget strain that has seen public servants wages and allowances eat deeply into development expenditure.

The Controller...

DJ Simple Simon was the sole Kenyan winner at the 2015 African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA), which took place Saturday night in Dallas, Texas. Simple Simon won in the Best DJ (US) category, in which fellow Kenyan Deejay Shinski was also a nominee.

AFRICA is the...

It seems like yesterday Lupita Nyong'o won an Oscar for her breakthrough role in 12 Years a Slave, but that wasn't the only big moment for the Nyong'o family that night. Her little brother, Peter, also made history by joining in Ellen DeGeneres's break-the-Internet group...

A Kenyan who unsuccessfully vied for a political seat in the UK has blamed Kenyan authorities for manufacturing criminal lies against him.

Mr Daniel Munyambu who, this year, failed in a bid to be elected to the House of Commons is fighting extradition from the Un...

The Kiambu county government has secured a direct market for their coffee in the US in a deal that will enable farmers increase their production with a view to capitalising on the same.

Governor William Kabogo who made the disclosure after a tour of the US challeng...

On Saturday November the 28th, New Jersey will be set aflame as Africa's Top comedian Anne Kansiime comes to New Jersey for a single Tri-state family oriented show. The Ugandan comedian and star host of Dont mess with Kansiime on Maisha Magic Channel 161 has won...

Africans have the highest educational attainment rates of any immigrant group in the United States with higher levels of completion than the stereotyped Asian American model minority. It is not only the first generation that does well, as estimates indicate that a highly...

A third person charged in connection to the murder of a man at a Roanoke hotel in June is now in custody, police say.

Brea Ann Belcher, 20, of North Carolina, is currently being held in the Roanoke City Jail without bond.

Online court records show Belcher is...

Money sent home by Kenyans living abroad rose by 3.2 percent in the month of August, to $132.9 million, from the same month last year, the central bank said on Monday.

Known as remittances, the cash is a major source of foreign exchange for east Africa's biggest ec...

Every year, thousands of Kenyans pass through Jomo Kenyatta international airport either on their way out of the country or as they come back home from foreign trips.

And although there is general consensus that a lot at the airport has changed for the better in re...

Registration for the US Green Card Lottery for FY 2017 (DV-2017) begins today, Thursday October 1st at 12noon EDT.

The Diversity Visa Program is administered annually by the Department of State and provides for a class of immigrants known as diversity immigrants...

Kenyans living in the Diaspora are being offered a penalty waiver of 80% on loans they owe the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB). The waiver period runs through October 31, 2015, says HELB officials.

A Kenyan child pornography producer was sentenced late Monday to life in prison for participating in the Dreamboard child sexual exploitation website, said United State Attorney Stephanie A. Finley and Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Departmen...

Oscar winner, Lupita Nyongo, has revealed that she is under pressure from her mother to get married soon.

During a recent interview with Vogue Magazine the Best Supporting Actress from the motion picture 12 Years a Slave said her mom has been silently hinting at...

The man who donated the much-hyped Hummer to Raila Odinga during his 2007 General Election campaigns has been cooling his heels at Kongolea Prison since April, 2013.

Controversial businessman, Don Bosco Gichana, who is also wanted by the US over alleged money laund...

Kenyans living in the United States will now enjoy an 80 per cent penalty waiver on their Helb university loans if they pay what they owe in a lump sum within the next one month.

The extension was communicated to Kenyans living in the US by Helb chief executive off...

Kenyan Afro-pop all-boy band Sauti Sol will share the same stage with some of the biggest international names, including American music star Beyonce Knowles at the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday, September 26, 2015 in New York.

According a tweet on the award w...

President Uhuru Kenyatta has a tight schedule as he attends the 70th session of the United nations General Assembly in New York.

Mr Kenyatta, who arrived in New York on Friday morning and was received by Kenyas envoy to the UN Macharia Kamau, was scheduled to deli...

Three Kenyans were killed and one seriously injured on Thursday in a stampede during a Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the Foreign Affairs Ministry has confirmed.

Karanja Kibicho, the ministrys Principal Secretary, has said that not all...

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