Wangechi Mutu is much, much more than just “a mid-career African artist”

Murray Whyte, a Canadian art critic and entertainment writer attached that label on Wangechi Mutu when he reviewed her solo exhibition, “This You Call Civilization?” currently underway at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
He considers the red carpet reception that AGO has given Mutu, a waste of resources for a “mid-career African artist living in New [...]

Economy mbaya – but you can still have fun with the kiddos

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Kenyan seminarian collapses and dies of heart attack in class

Thomas Ongige, 37, was attending class at Saint Joseph College Seminary in the afternoon on February 18, 2010 when he suddenly slouched on his chair and fell to the ground.
Paramedics were called and he was rushed to Advocate Condell Medical Center. All attempts to revive him failed and he never regained consciousness. Ongige is suspected [...]

Death Announcement – Zilpah Aketch Shorts

We are saddened to announce the death of Zilpah Aketch Shorts of Los Angeles, California USA. Aketch lost her brave battle with breast cancer on February 7th, 2010.
She is the daughter of the late Ibrahim Guya and Julia Odera Guya of Sare, Awendo (Kenya) and sister to Phoebe Olwal, Francis Olilo, the late Moses Guya, [...]

The Real Cost of Fighting Deportation from the US

The most feared three-letter acronym for most Americans is I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service). If you are a non-documented resident of the US, the three letters you most likely fear most are I.N.S. Even though the agency went through an overhaul a number of years ago and is now referred to as the USCIS, the phrase [...]

Rebtel releases first ever report on International communications habits of Kenyans in the US

Findings Conclude More People Are Calling Kenya More Often; Service Ease of Use and Call Quality More Important than Lower Costs to Kenya Callers
By: Agnes Gitau

Stockholm, Sweden – December 22, 2009 – A new study issued this month shows several remarkable changes in the ways Kenyans in the U.S. are communicating with loved ones and [...]

Kenyan-born man, Buffalo NY resident, drowns in lake; next of kin yet to be notified

Ireri Gitari, 57, of Buffalo drowned and died on this past Saturday (11-21-2009) when he fell into Meyers lake in Buffalo, New York. Ireri a long time resident of Buffalo, was born in Kenya and so far his next of kin have not been identified. The cause of his drowning is suspected to be intoxication [...]

Five more indicted in Virginia fraud case

Five more people have been indicted at the US District Court, Southern District (Charleston, West Virginia) in an international fraud scheme that siphoned millions of dollars from the auditor’s office in West Virginia some of which ended in bank accounts in Kenya.
Michael Ochenge, 33, Robert Otiso, 36, Paramena Shikanda, 35, Albert Gunga, 30 and Collins [...]

Death announcement: Mama Tokesi Imali Mage, Houston, Texas, USA

FUNDRAISING INFORMATION
For Mama Tokesi Imali Mage, who suddenly passed away in Houston,
Texas on 20th October 2009.

The deceased was mother to Kennedy Ambani,  Susan Musyimi, Jairus Mage all of Houston, Tx. Andrew, Fred and William all of Nairobi Kenya.

Donations may be deposited at Jairus Mage’s Chase Account number 854979333.

Please Join us in fundraising to [...]

Kenyan-born man with history of mental illness wins reprieve after shootings more than a decade ago

Jairus Chegero Godeka claimed back in 1996 that his membership in the Church of Scientology ruined his life, destroyed his business and left him penniless and for this he vowed to kill everyone in the Portland Church of Scientology.
On Wednesday September 25th, 1996, Godeka armed himself with a can full of gasoline and a .45 [...]

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