Five more indicted in Virginia fraud case

November 18, 2009  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

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 [...]

One Kenyan dead in NC crash; another injured – Driver faces charges

January 23, 2009  
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Three Kenyans were involved in a tragic car accident in Charlotte, NC last Saturday. June Wambui, Ann Nthambi Kituku and Sylvia Gathoni Wagi were traveling in a car driven by Wambui when it lost control and hit two trees before coming to a stop.
Kituku, who was sitting in the back was pronounced dead at Carolinas [...]

Nancy Kasera found guilty of second-degree murder in Nicole’s death

September 8, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

Superior court Judge Michael A. Beale this afternoon sentenced Nancy Kasera to no less than 13 years in jail but no more than 16 years for the murder of her daugher, Nicole Kasera.
Kasera today plead guilty to second-degree murder in her daughter’s death in March of this year. The court used what is referred to as an [...]

Nancy Kasera indicted on one count

April 8, 2008  
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Nancy Kasera, 38, the Kenyan mother from Thomasville, NC was yesterday indicted on one count of felony child abuse. Her daughter, Nicole, was found dead in her car when she stopped at a rest stop to call 911 to report that she was not breathing.The investigation is still continuing and it is not known if [...]

Fund set up for Nicole Kasera’s Funeral Expenses

March 18, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

Thomasville city councilman, George Burton, has informed the city council that a fund has been set up through Brittain Academy to help pay funeral expenses for Nicole Aduma Kasera and also benefit her sister, Natalie.Anyone wishing to donate can do so at the following First Bank locations;First Bank22 Winston StThomasville, NC 27360336-475-4663 First Bank201 Kennedy Rd, Thomasville, [...]

Fund set up for Nicole Kasera’s Funeral Expenses

March 18, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

Thomasville city councilman, George Burton, has informed the city council that a fund has been set up through Brittain Academy to help pay funeral expenses for Nicole Aduma Kasera and also benefit her sister, Natalie.Anyone wishing to donate can do so at the following First Bank locations;First Bank22 Winston StThomasville, NC 27360336-475-4663 First Bank201 Kennedy Rd, Thomasville, [...]

Classmates, Teachers Mourn Loss of Nicole Kasera

March 17, 2008  
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Friends and former classmates of Nicole Kasera remember her as reported by the local TV network.Source: FOX8 NEWS 

Last Edited: Thursday, 13 Mar 2008, 5:39 PM EDTCreated: Thursday, 13 Mar 2008, 5:39 PM EDTBy CARON MYERSFOX8 NewsTHOMASVILLE, N.C. (WGHP) — For the children and staff at Brittain Academy, the loss of  11-year-old Nicole Kasera has been [...]

Bond set at US $5 million for Nancy Kasera

March 14, 2008  
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Nancy Akinyi Kasera was returned to Davidson county last night and a magistrate has set a secured bond of US $5 million dollars for her.Ms. Kasera, who has been charged with first-degree cruelty to a child in connection with the death of her 11 year old daughter, Nicole Kasera, arrived in Davidson county, North Carolina a little [...]

Nancy Kasera was looking for work

March 13, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

Source: Winston Salem Journal
By Michael Hewlett
JOURNAL REPORTER
A Thomasville woman charged in the death of her 11-year-old daughter told investigators that she was on her way to a job interview when authorities in Georgia found the dead girl in the back seat of her car, Sheriff Donny Turner of the Troup County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia [...]

Kenyan mother charged with cruelty to a child in GA

March 11, 2008  
Written by kenyanobserver in AROUND THE US

A Kenyan mother, Nancy Kasera, 38, resident of North Carolina, has been charged with felony first-degree cruelty to a child in Troup county, Georgia this evening. According to reports from local news networks, Ms Kasera called 911 from a payphone in LaGrange, GA to report that her 11 year old daughter was in the back [...]