By Benjamin Velani | The Cornell Daily Sun
With all the disheartening news, events that give you horrific flashbacks and the nagging feeling that little progress has been made, it’s very comforting to have a nice, hot meal. This Kenyan chicken curry is the product of Indian diaspora into east Africa.
Continue reading “Kenyan-Indian student in Cornell University writes about “Diaspora Cooking””
By Larry Madowo | BBC
As protests rock the US following the death of African-American George Floyd in police custody, Kenyan journalist Larry Madowo writes about the racism he has experienced in the country.
Continue reading “What it’s like to be an African in the US”
A Kenyan American Mr. Richard Mumia Shimaka died last week in the US due to Covid-19 complications, raising the number of Kenyans who have died in the Diaspora through symptoms related to the deadly Corona Virus in the USA.
Continue reading “Another Kenyan succumbs to Covid-19 complications in Minneapolis, Minnesota”
The Kenyan community in the Midwestern state of Kansas is a close-knit group, with most of its members sharing in common their Christian faith. Protestant church membership in the community is normal, and many Kenyans come together in houses of worship to foster a sense of diaspora community.
By Kelly Wairimu Davis | Religious News Service
Continue reading “Amid pandemic, the Wichita Kenyan community unites virtually through food and family”
By NANCY AGUTU | The Star
Media Personality Larry Madowo has been crowned the winner of the 2020 Philip Greer Award for his Financial Writing at the Columbia University in New York. Madowo, who was the British Broadcasting Corporation Africa Business Editor, was admitted to Columbia University back in April 2019.
He was admitted to the prestigious university as a Knight-Bagehot Fellow in the class of 2019-2020.
Continue reading “Kenyan Journalist Larry Madowo scoops prestigious Philip Greer Award from Columbia University”
By Anya Soltero | Almeda Magazine
For Chris Wachira, the first Kenyan-born winemaker in California, pairing her two great passions has yielded some remarkably fruit-forward results. Wachira has lived in the United States for 20 years, but her path to winemaking has been circuitous and fortuitous, having first obtained her nursing doctorate in health care systems leadership from the University of San Francisco.
Continue reading “Meet Dr. Chris Wachira: Kenyan-born healthcare specialist with a passion for wine-making”
The Kenyan- born American marathoner shares how she is staying strong in hope and in wait of a fall marathon, and how Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge has been her great source of inspiration.
By Evelyn Watta | The Olympic Channel
Continue reading “Aliphine Tuliamuk: Kenyan-Born American marathoner Talks About What She Learnt From Eliud Kipchoge”
by Elizabeth Mwarage | The Star
Students who top Kenyan national examinations make news headlines every time results are announced. Herman Mutiso, Jessy Mbagara, and James Rotich were among the top students over 10 years ago. The trio were admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where they studied different fields of engineering. They eventually got jobs in Silicon Valley in California.
Now in their early thirties, they share a common story of hard work, perseverance, determination and vision.
Continue reading “Meet three Kenyans who have excelled as engineers in the US after topping national exams at home”
By Fridah Mlemwa | Nairobi News
Kenyan adventurers Wamuyu Kariuki and Dos Kariuki who are on a bike trip round the world have been stuck in Nicaragua due to the Corona Virus outbreak. The couple set off to see the world on 2nd July 2018 after saving for more than two years for the three-and-a-half years’ world trip.
Continue reading “Kenyan biking couple now stuck in Nicaragua amid Covid-19”
by Douglas Mwarua | Tuke.co.ke
MC Rayan The DJ is an entertainer who was born in Kiambu, Kenya. He has hosted Kenya’s biggest musicians and entertainers such as Nonini, Vera Sidika, Arrow Bwoy and celebrities from other countries in sold out shows in Kansas City and Dallas.
Continue reading “Meet Kenyan entertainer, MC Rayan The DJ, uniting Africans in US with Afro-themed concerts”
The coronavirus was slow to make its way to Africa, but it is now there in full force and will be difficult to contain because of certain cultural and social behaviors.
By Chris Macoloo | Stanford Social and Innovation Review
Continue reading “The Cultural and Social Challenges to Slowing the Pandemic in Africa”
By AFP
Facebook has named Kenya’s human rights advocate Maina Kiai into the board that will decide on what content to allow or remove from the world’s largest social media platform. Mr Kiai is a director of Human Rights Watch’s Global Alliances and Partnerships Programme. He is also a former United Nations special rapporteur.
Continue reading “Facebook names Kenyan Maina Kiai into content oversight board”
I lost a Ghanaian neighbour and a Kenyan did not wake up from his ventilator
Nick Ogutu | Standard Digital
Continue reading “Covid 19 is hitting the African immigrant community hard in New York”
By SARAH LORGE BUTLER | RUNNERS WORLD
With her third-place finish at the American Olympic Marathon Trials, Sally Kipyego secured her second trip to the Games. Her first was in 2012, when she was a citizen of Kenya, and she won the silver medal in the 10,000 meters. Kipyego, who was a nine-time NCAA champion at Texas Tech University, became an American citizen in 2017 after living for 15 years in the U.S.
Continue reading “Kenyan-born Olympic hopeful, Sally Kipyego is Training and waiting for a Fall Marathon”
By PHILIP ONYANGO | Daily Nation
Felmas Koranga is set to become the first player from Kenya to play in the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division One League in America after signing for Troy University. Koranga, was named the 2020 Women Basketball College Association (WBCA) Player of the Year in the just concluded National Junior Collegiate Athletics Association (NJCAA) League where she played for Tyler College.
Continue reading “Kenyan Koranga set to write history in US Collegiate basketball”
BY ERYN MATHEWSON | THE UNDEFEATED
Aliphine Tuliamuk, Sally Kipyego and Abdihakem “Abdi” Abdirahman, three of the six runners who make up the the U.S. Olympic marathon team All three runners are African-born American citizens and vary in how they identify: American, African American, Kenyan or Somali American, black. But they all agree on the title: marathoner.
Continue reading “USA’s Olympic marathon team has three Africans”
By MARTIN SIELE | Kenyans.co.ke
Former US President Barack Obama’s Kenyan half-brother, Malik Obama, is set to publish a new tell-all book uncovering details of relations within the Obama family that have long stayed hidden from the public eye. Malik, who has in recent years cultivated a large following among American right-wingers due to his support of President Donald J. Trump, announced that the upcoming book would be titled Big Bad Brother from Kenya.
Continue reading “Barrack Obama’s Kenyan Brother to Expose Family Secrets in Tell-All Book”
By TED PERTON
A senior Kenya Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner captain has tragically passed away, a week after commanding a repatriation flight to New York City, USA. Captain Daudi Kimuyu Kibati, became ill on March 29th, he died on April 1st, a week after performing his last international assignment for Kenya Airways.
Continue reading “Kenya Airways Pilot Dies Of Coronavirus one week After Repatriating Kenyans From New York”
By Hilary Kimuyu | NAIROBI NEWS
A Kenyan-American teenager has been accepted into 11 prestigious universities in the US after she completed high school. Sharon Njeri Wambu, whose parents immigrated to the US from Kenya, received acceptance to 11 top universities including Harvard, Stanford, Columbia, Cal Poly Pomona, and Vanderbilt.
Continue reading “Sharon Njeri Wambu |Kenyan-American teen accepted into 11 top US universities”
By John Wanjohi |Mwakilishi.com
The Kenyan government has vowed to block Kenyan medical practitioners from moving to the United States amid the Corona virus epidemic. This comes a day after the US government, through the Department of State, Consular Affairs urged foreign medical professionals willing to work in the US to seek visa appointments with their embassies.
We encourage medical professionals seeking work in the U.S. on a work or exchange visitor visa (H or J), particularly those working on #COVID19 issues, to contact the nearest U.S. Embassy/ Consulate for a visa appointment. Please see more information here: https://t.co/oD9De7EIoW pic.twitter.com/thqAt73gCx
— Travel – State Dept (@TravelGov) March 27, 2020
By Kirsten Kanja |SDC.co.ke
Wakenya Clewis, a Kenyan-born art enthusiast has appealed for support in her bid to become the next cover girl for Ink Magazine, a lifestyle magazine covering tattoo culture. According to the ‘Kenyan Hippie’, getting on the magazine’s cover would achieve more than just showcasing her art.
Continue reading “Kenyan-born artist appeals for support in tattoo magazine competition”
Former Kenyan International Raquel Otieno hopes that her selection in the team that will represent United States of America in this year’s Masters Hockey World Cup will inspire upcoming players back home. Otieno, who holds a dual citizenship, made the squad that will compete in the World Cup which features women over 45 years.
The competition will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from September 19 to 28.
Continue reading “Ex-Kenyan Hockey Star to Play for U.S. in Masters World Cup”
Evelyn Woodsen Atieno is the publisher of Afinity Magazine. Her story has been told by major US media outlets including Vice and Huffington Post. Unknown to many, however, Atieno moved to the United States at the age of four with her parents from Kenya.
By MARTIN SIELE | Kenyans.co.ke
Continue reading “Evelyn Woodsen Atieno | Meet Kenyan Woman Behind a Popular US Magazine”
By Hilary Kimuyu | Nairobi News
Five Kenyan-born athletes who took to the field in the United States to try and qualify to represent their new country at the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, have failed to make the cut.
The five, 2LT Elkanah Kibet, SSG Augustus Maiyo, SGT Leonard Korir, SGT Samuel Kosgei and SPC Haron Lagat are all soldiers in the US Army.
Continue reading “Kenyans in US Army miss 2020 Olympics marathon slots”
By ELVIS ONDIEKI
A young Kenyan-American is trying hard to make an impression on the American movie industry. Raymond Watanga, 26, left Kenya in 2006 at the age of 12 with his mother and elder brother.
This was after his mother won the Electronic Diversity Visa Lottery (Green Card) to live and work in the United States.
Continue reading “Kenyan-born actor, Raymond Watanga, makes moves in Hollywood”
By MARVIN CHEGE | Kenyans.co.ke
Kenya is famous for numerous personalities who have flown the country’s flag high. From athletes like Eliud Kipchoge to football stars like Victor Wanyama to music personalities such as Sauti Sol who have set the entire continent alight with their music. Little is, however, known of international actors who have made it on the international stage and were born in the country. Lupita Nyong’o the obvious name that comes to mind. The next should be X-Men star Edi Gathegi.
Continue reading “Edi Gathegi: Meet X-Men Star You Didn’t Know Was Kenyan”
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By Darlene Superville, Tom Odula and Cara Anna | Washington Post
President Donald Trump and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta sounded positive notes Thursday about a future trade deal between their countries. Trump said the first such agreement between the U.S. and a nation in sub-Saharan Africa “probably” would happen.
Kenyatta arrived at the White House on a rainy afternoon for his second meeting with Trump. Trump stepped out beneath an awning to greet Kenyatta and escort him to the Oval Office, where they were to discuss trade and other issues.
Continue reading “Trump, Kenyan leader Uhuru talk positive about US-Kenya trade deal”
By DERRICK OKUBASU | Kenyans.co.ke
Kenyan-born news anchor Ali Velshi who was born in Nairobi in 1969 before his family moved to Canada in 1971 has worked diligently and climbed the corporate ladder to host his own show on MSNBC called Velshi & Ruhle, complete with an office on the esteemed NBC headquarters in New York.
Continue reading “Kenyan-born MSNBC news anchor Ali Velshi who is making waves in America.”
By EZRA MANYIBE
Located at the heart of Washington, District of Columbia, USA is a restaurant, Safari DC famed for the Kenyan cuisines it dishes out and is the only Kenyan themed eatery in Washington DC.
The restaurant has hosted a number of prominent persons from Kenya when they made their trips abroad, most notably President Mwai Kibaki, ODM leader Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Keneth Matiba, and Mama Sarah Odinga the Standard reported.
Many people that have visited the restaurant, shower it with praise stating that it gave them a taste of Africa and the zeal of African food. It has established itself as a fan favorite among Kenyans and Africans in the larger DC metro area.
“Once you walk in here, you are an African and we love to eat, talk politics and interact with each other,” Everitus Kalaba then a Consular official from Zambia described the restaurant.
The restaurant was founded by William Mukabane and his wife Alice. Coincidentally, Mukabane left for the US to pursue the American dream the same day President Jomo Kenyatta passed on, August 1978.
After doing manual jobs at various restaurants, he pursued hotel Management and classical french cuisine, served as a chef and later branched out to start the restaurant.
A yearn for Kenyan food ignited the desire to establish a restaurant majoring in African delicacies.
Talks of the restaurant as an authentic Kenyan cuisine joint attracted people across Washington DC, inking its name among fan favourites.
A corner of the restaurant is dedicated to US’s 44th President Barack Obama and was christened the Obama shrine.
During Obama’s inauguration, it hosted his grandmother, Mama Sarah Obama and several Kenyan dignitaries who were set to attend the function.
A section of Safari DC, a Kenyan-themed restaurant in Washington DC.
A section of Safari DC, a Kenyan-themed restaurant in Washington DC.
She came in at around 10 am and left at 3 pm. I treated them to Tilapia, Samosas, Kenyan sausages, chapatis, nyama choma,” Alice recounted.
The hotel features cuisines such as grilled meat, staples such as collard greens, cassava, and grains.
In 2017, the restaurant was acquired by David Laichena, a Kenyan, and he along with his partner continued the Kenyan theme for the restaurant.
According to American publication Petworth news, some of the chefs at the restaurant are Kenyans. And Laichena constantly liaises with the Kenyan embassy to import Kenyan chefs for the restaurant.
For its African dominated menu, the restaurant imports a majority of the foods from Kenya. Kenyan tea including spiced masala tea, Arabica coffee from Kenya, Tilapia from lake victoria, Farmer’s choice pork sausages.
The soothing Kenyan music that plays in the background adds to the African experience the restaurant’s clientele seeks.
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