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When you hold up the bright and blind spots with regards to Kenyans living abroad, you are likely to see more of the latter than the former.
Yet, there is an unambiguous, state-instituted diaspora policy framework. This would ideally dovetail with the keenness of patriotic Kenyans abroad interested in making a positive change in their motherland.
The problem is that the various interests involved in matters diaspora seem to be on divergent paths.

NAIROBI, Kenya, February 18, 2020 - The Kenya Diaspora Alliance (KDA) has learnt with utter shock the sudden passing of Amb Chris Mburu. We are speechless since we just spoke with him on phone last Thursday on official diaspora matters, and he was in high spirits,...

Over the last two months or so, there has been an ongoing public debate on the “Huduma Namba” initiative, more formally referred to as the National Integrated Identity Management System (NIIMS). The project is expected to cost the tax payer Six Billion Kenya...

Kenyans and Friends of Kenya must cease the moment to move the country to greatness. We have a once in a life-time opportunity to do so. The only two other that come to mind were at independence and in 2002 when the country literally united to send KANU home. In both...

(Appeal from the Judgment and Order of the Court of Appeal sitting at Nairobi (Nambuye, Musinga and M’inoti, JJ.A) delivered on 6th June, 2014 in Nairobi Civil Appeal No. 350 of 2012) JUDGEMENT BACKGROUND [1]   On 31st July, 2012, the 1st to 4th respondents...

FORMER Rangwe MP Shem Ochuodho has moved to court to stop the ongoing mass voter registration. Ochuodho, a resident of Juba, South Sudan, says the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission has not included the registration of eligible citizens living in the...

Life is a journey, and what we encounter along the way has been proven to be very unpredictable. Many at times we don’t know what will happen next, so we just roll with flow. In that journey, you may face situations that are equivalent to that heavy fall that leaves...

When Diaspora Kenyans fought to be accorded the right to dual citizenship, they were not asking for anything extraordinary. In deed, the right to dual citizenship has been enjoyed for many years in many jurisdictions the world over. Moreover, Diaspora Kenyans earned...

The Diaspora is one of the Pillars outlined in Kenya’s foreign policy. The Diaspora pillar aims to harness the diverse skills, expertise and potential of Kenyans living abroad, and facilitating their integration into the national development agenda. The...

Diaspora populations often perform essential functions in the economic and human capital development of their countries of origin, and can continue playing a strong role in shaping these countries long after they or their forebears departed. The Rockefeller Foundation...