Pictorial: Kenyans in Ontario celebrate Madaraka Day by awarding youth
Photography by Essie Wambui Over 200 Kenyans & friends of Kenya, sponsors and well-wishers came together on Saturday June 4 in Mississauga Ontario, to celebrate [...]
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Ramadan for non-Muslims: An etiquette guide
By Saeed Ahmed (CNN) There are 7 billion people in the world. And a full 22% of them — 1.6 billion — are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For an entire [...]
Bank of Canada concerned home buyer expectations may be driving up prices
The Bank of Canada is concerned that the acceleration in housing prices in Toronto and Vancouver may be partly due to purchases based solely on the expectation that prices [...]
Billboard signs salute returning residents of Fort McMurray
“Welcome Home Fort McMurray.” That’s the message tens of thousands of evacuees will see as they return to the wildfire-ravaged city for the first time [...]
Garissa university attack plotter Mohamed Kuno ‘dead’
The leader of the attack on Garissa University in Kenya has been killed, officials in Somalia say. Kenya’s government said Mohamed Kuno was behind the attack in April [...]
Happy Madaraka Day Wakenya!
“May we dwell in Unity, Peace & Liberty; Plenty be found within our borders.” ~Wakenya [...]
Judas Test
Betrayal is one of the most difficult tests that we will ever face because it involves being wounded by someone we trust. It’s hard not to become bitter when a friend [...]
African diplomats skip event in protest over India ‘racism and Afro-phobia’
African diplomats in New Delhi are set to boycott an event organised by the Indian government to protest what they called renewed “racism and Afro-phobia” against African [...]
Jeff Koinange joins Diaspora Kenyans to celebrate KUDO Launch in USA
Kenyans in the United States as well as representatives from Canada and other parts of the world converged in Gaithersburg, Maryland on Saturday, May 21, 2016, to celebrate [...]
Canadian PM Trudeau wants to make amends over ‘elbowgate’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has addressed the House of Commons, following a spat on the floor of the House last night that saw him grab the Conservative whip and [...]