Tag: kenyans in Minnesota
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley: The girl who narrowly dodged deportation and grew...
If Paul Wellstone, the late U.S. senator from Minnesota, is looking down from the heavens, he is smiling and happy to see what became...
Trump supporter at Kenyan SDA church in Minnesota throws hundreds of...
On Saturday Oct. 26, I went around the parking lot of Kenyan Community Church (KCC) in Brooklyn Center to drop off the latest print...
Dakota County commission primary narrows Burnsville seat to Haji and Workman
The race for District 5 on the Dakota County Board of Commissioners was narrowed to two during the state primary on Tuesday with the...
Hiltsley narrowly defeats Russell to clinch Democratic nomination for Minnesota state...
Huldah Momanyi Hiltsley defeated Wynfred Russell in a hotly contested primary election that pitted two African immigrants fighting for the right be the Democratic...
Yusuf Haji is in the race for Dakota County Commissioner
Yusuf Haji, an African immigrant and Twin Cities businessman, is one of four candidates vying to be a county commissioner representing District 5 on...
Kenyans in Minnesota call on President Ruto to resign
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. - A couple dozen Kenyan Americans and their children gathered at Centennial Park on Sunday and issued a statement calling for...
It’s official: Huldah Hiltsley files to run for Minnesota State House
First-generation Kenyan immigrant and data privacy manager, Ms. Huldah Hiltsley, on Friday officially filed paperwork to run in the August 13 Democratic primary in...
Kenyans to celebrate Madaraka Day with new festival
Kenyans from across Minnesota will gather in Brooklyn Center on Saturday for a festival to celebrate Madaraka Day, the day in 1963 when Kenya...
Chams Media celebrates 10 year milestone as it rides the Kenyan...
When standout Kenyan journalist Alex Chamwada left a secure job at a prominent Kenyan broadcaster to launch Chams Media, a content creation and communication...
Minnesota names Lillian Otieno as first director of Emerging Farmers Office
A key member of the African brain trust in Minnesota, Lillian Otieno, has been named the state’s first director of its Emerging Farmers Office,...
Machoka tells Kenyans abroad to remember humble roots, help beyond relatives
Legendary Kenyan broadcaster, Fred Obachi Machoka, told Kenyans abroad not to forget their humble beginnings and the role their communities played in helping them...