Diaspora

Taptap Send

The international money transfer platform via application “Taptap Send” is an easy way of sending money to Kenya , allowing kenyans living abroad to transfer money to Kenya “from their couch and without costs”. In partnership wit Mpesa and Kenyan Banks, Taptap Send allows Kenyans the diaspora to send money to their families back in

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Sports

Rugby 7s rugby 2022 moves to Toulouse

For the first time, the World Rugby Sevens Series will take place at the Ernest-Wallon Stadium in Toulouse, France in May 2022. The ticketing is open. The year 2022 marks the return of the World Rugby Sevens Series to France, and for the first time, the World Rugby Sevens Series will be held in the

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Diaspora News

Sasra to raise ksh137m in levies from Diaspora and other Saccos

Diaspora Saccos will soon be under Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA), a government’s agency responsible for the supervision and regulation of SACCO Societies in Kenya. Saccos based in kenya with more than ksh 100 million in assets will also be concerned. Sasra had been regulating 175 deposit-taking Saccos and says it will now have to

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Kenya News

Diaspora Election Registration to start this Friday

The registration of Kenyan diasporas wishing to vote in the coming Kenyan presidential elections will start this Friday 21 January 2022. For those in France and other countries in Europe, registration can only be done in the UK or in Germany Kenyan embassies from Friday, 21st January to Friday, 4th February 2022 (Saturdays and Sunday included). The

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Announcement

Kenyan Diaspora remittances Survey

The Central Bank of Kenya in collaboration with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and Ministry of Foreign Affairs is conducting an online survey on Kenyans living abroad. The survey will be conducted from 19th March to 17th May 2021.  Objective The main objective of the survey is to collect valuable information to improve the

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Society

INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM | VERNACULAR CLASSES

INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM The Kenyan writer, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, once remarked, “If you know all the languages of the world and you don’t know your mother tongue, that is enslavement. But if you know your language and add to it all the languages of the world, that is empowerment. The choice for us is between intellectual

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Diaspora

Miguna goes back to Canada after being denied to enter Kenya

Exiled Kenyan activist and lawyer Miguna Miguna has resolved to return to Canada after the Government of Kenya refused to obey court orders requiring his unconditional to Kenya.  Read also: Dual Citizenship| Kenyan Diaspora be Aware! Miguna has spent over two weeks in Europe, while awaiting the Kenyan government to waive a red flag issued

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Open-letter

Mr. Itumbi – What’s your take on Miguna Miguna homecoming saga?

Open letter by WAMOTHER STEPHEN N KINUTHIA Mr. Denis Itumbi,As the Secretary of Innovation, Director Digital Communication and Diaspora Affairs in the Office of the President of the Republic of Kenya, what’s your take on Miguna Miguna homecoming saga?You have been missing in action on issues affecting the Diaspora. You never said anything when our

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Diaspora

Dual Citizenship| Kenyan Diaspora be Aware!

From Independence to 2010, the Constitution and citizenship laws did not allow dual nationality. While Kenya could not stop its citizens from acquiring other nationalities, it meant automatic loss of their Kenyan citizenship. However, there were categories of Kenyans who, by default, held dual nationality even under the repealed Constitution: One was a Kenyan child

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