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Kenyans Abroad

Panoramic view of Zacatecas city in central Mexico, where Rerimoi Barsitei has been held since 2021

The Sentence Nobody Translated: A Kenyan Runner's Eighty-Year Wait in a Mexican Prison

Rerimoi Barsitei left Baringo to race in Mexico. A decade later, his family is pleading with Nairobi to fight an 80-year sentence he says he never understood.

2 days ago5 min

The historic Wat Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai, the northern Thai city where Kenyan teacher Mercylinda Jerop died in hospital.

The Bill Left Behind in Chiang Mai: How a Narok Teacher's Search for a Better Life Ended in a Thai Hospital

Mercylinda Jerop chased greener pastures to Thailand and found a classroom. A year later, her family is raising KSh 1.5 million just to bring her body home.

5 days ago4 min

Close-up of vivid, multicoloured paint strokes evoking a painter's creative process and palette

Born at Night: How a Kenyan-German Painter Made the Los Angeles Art World Look Twice

6 days ago5 min

A single lit candle glowing against a dark background, a symbol of mourning and remembrance.

The Last Live: How a Kenyan TikToker's Final Broadcast Became a Goodbye No One Knew to Expect

6 days ago5 min

A person holds a smartphone with a glowing screen in the dark at night

Goodbye on a Live Feed: How a Kenyan TikTok Star's Death in Philadelphia Bound a Diaspora in Grief

7 days ago5 min

Sydney's harbour skyline glows at dusk, the Australian city where Kenyan student Sheila Chepkorir Tanui died in May.

The Signature That Never Came: How a Kenyan Student's Death in Sydney Exposed a Consular System Under Strain

7 days ago5 min

A bronze statue of Lady Justice holding balanced scales and a sword against a dark background

Eighty Years, and No Interpreter: A Baringo Runner's Plea for Justice From a Mexican Prison

7 days ago4 min

Two semi-trucks driving along an open American highway under a wide sky

Three Weeks in Farmville: A Kenyan Trucker's Detention and the New Geography of Fear on America's Highways

7 days ago4 min

A lone athlete running on a red synthetic athletics track, lanes curving into the distance

So Close, and Yet: Kenya's Distance Dynasty Comes Up Just Short on a Record-Breaking Night in Paris

7 days ago4 min

A single lit candle glowing in a darkened room, a symbol of mourning and remembrance

Goodbye on a Live Stream: How the Death of Zack Apella Exposed the Lonely Grief of Kenya's Diaspora

7 days ago5 min

A single ballot paper being dropped into a sealed transparent ballot box at a polling station.

The Ten Thousand Who Can Vote: How Kenya's Plan to Reach a Million Citizens Abroad Hits a Funding Wall

9 days ago5 min

A hand drops a paper ballot into a sealed ballot box at a polling station.

The Roll That Reopened for Five Wards: Why 1.4 Million Kenyans Abroad Still Wait to Be Counted

10 days ago5 min

The Tokyo skyline glows at night, a destination that just became more expensive to enter for Kenyan visa applicants.

The Stamp That Costs Five Times More: How Japan's Visa Hike Lands on Kenyan Travellers

11 days ago6 min

Dubai's Jumeirah Beach, with the high-rise towers of Dubai Marina rising along the Gulf shoreline

The Fare to Bring Them Home: How a String of Kenyan Deaths in the Gulf Is Testing Families and a Promised Welfare Fund

12 days ago5 min

A single-engine Cessna 208 Caravan turboprop aircraft in flight over coastal water under a clear sky.

Twenty Kilometres Short of Juba: The Kenyan Pilot, the Bank Manager, and the Diaspora the Map Forgets

13 days ago6 min

Nairobi city skyline under a pale sky, evoking Kenya's seat of government and its global diaspora.

No One to Sign the Answer: How a Kenyan Death in Sydney Laid Bare Parliament's Fight With the Diaspora Office

13 days ago5 min

An industrial energy plant skyline at dusk, its towers, stacks and pipework silhouetted against the sky

The Night Shift at Ras Laffan: How a Qatar Gas Blast Reached the Villages That Depend on Gulf Wages

13 days ago5 min

Parliament Hill and the Ottawa skyline rising above the river in Canada's capital city

The Beat He Chose to Build: How a Kenyan-Born Ottawa Officer Turned Policing Into Belonging

13 days ago5 min

The terminal building at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, gateway for Kenyans travelling abroad for work and study.

The Long Wait for Answers: Why Kenyan Families Who Lose Loved Ones Abroad Keep Turning to Parliament

13 days ago5 min

Aerial view of the Seattle skyline at dusk, the Pacific Northwest city home to a large Kenyan diaspora community

The Lottery That Built a Congregation: How One Green Card Turned a Thika Teacher Into a Pillar of Kenyan Seattle

14 days ago5 min

The Parliament Buildings in Nairobi, seat of Kenya's National Assembly where the questions were raised.

The Signature That Never Came: How a Stalled Ministry Left Kenyan Families Abroad Waiting for Answers

14 days ago5 min

Travellers and vehicles outside a terminal at Dubai International Airport in the early morning, United Arab Emirates

The Thirty-Day Window: How a UAE Visa Reprieve Is Buying Stranded Kenyans Time to Stay Legal

15 days ago5 min

Travellers and aircraft at Dubai International Airport, a major hub for Kenyan workers in the United Arab Emirates

The Window That Closes on July 9: How a UAE Grace Period Hands Stranded Kenyans a Way Out of Limbo

16 days ago5 min

People hold lit candles together during a nighttime vigil, a symbol of community grief and remembrance.

Six Weeks in Sydney: The Burial of Sheila Chebii and a Diaspora's Demand for Answers

17 days ago5 min