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Kenyan resident of Toronto sentenced to life in prison for poisoning toddler

11/03/2023

Francis Ngugi, a 47-year-old sanitation worker who put a poisonous chemical in a cereal container, killing a Scarborough toddler in March 2021, has been sentenced to life in [...]

What does inadmissibility to Canada on medical grounds entail?

10/20/2023

Foreign nationals seeking to settle in Canada are sometimes caught off guard when their immigration cases are rejected on the basis of medical inadmissibility. Granted, [...]

Alex Ondoro [1989 – 2023] death, memorial & funeral

10/05/2023

It is with profound sadness and humble acceptance of God’s will that we announce the death of Alex Ondoro of Guelph, Ontario, Canada on September 23, 2023. Alex [...]

House of Commons elects Liberal MP Greg Fergus as next speaker

10/03/2023

Liberal member of Parliament Greg Fergus has been elected the House of Commons Speaker in a historic mid-session vote, becoming the first Black person to hold the position in [...]

Njeri Rionge, techpreneur co-founder of Wananchi Online dies

10/03/2023

Renowned Kenyan-Canadian entrepreneur and tech icon Njeri Rionge, co-founder of Wananchi Online, a pioneer Internet Service Provider (ISP), is dead. Rionge began her business [...]

Kenya to phase out private children’s homes

10/03/2023

Kenya’s government will abolish all privately owned orphanages and children’s homes within the next eight years, a government minister has said. Minister of [...]

Kenya’s stock market becomes world’s worst performer

10/03/2023

Kenyan stocks are extending a selloff that’s taken the country’s benchmark index to the steepest losses in the world. The NSE’s all-share index posted the fourth [...]

UN approves Kenyan-led multinational force to combat gang violence in Haiti

10/03/2023

The United Nations Security Council voted Monday to send a multinational force to Haiti led by Kenya to help combat violent gangs in the troubled Caribbean country. The [...]

Ruto to NGOs: Align with bottom-up development agenda

09/10/2023

The Kenyan government has issued a call to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Public Benefits Organizations (PBOs) to realign their operations with the country’s [...]

Immigrants like Grace Gitau are much-needed in post-COVID Canada. Why deport them?

08/15/2023

By Wambui Essie >>> Oh Canada, here we go again. Our on-off-and-on-again dance is on. We, the African Canadian and Kenyan Canadian communities do this dance every [...]