Kenyans living in the United States have formed a movement to address challenges facing them.
The Kenya Global Unity (KGU) comes hot on the heels of multiple murders that have seen dozens of Kenyans killed in domestic violence related incidents across several states.
Interim officials of the organisation say the movement will be used as a think tank to channel several issues affecting Kenyans in the Diaspora and at home. It was registered in the State of New Jersey as a Non Governmental Organization (NGO).
The interim President of the organization is Alex Momanyi (North Carolina) and Julius Ochieng Oluoch (North Carolina) is his deputy. The interim Secretary General is Joseph Lister Nyaringo (New Jersey) and his deputy is Beatrice Ruto (Florida).
KGU will seek to unite the various organisations that operate in various states in the US and worldwide to speak in one voice.
“We are going to advocate for unity of purpose among Kenyans who live outside their home. But we shall also seek to seek for real and practical changes in governance, the realisation of social justice, equity , good governance and promotion of democratic ideals,” said Mr Nyaringo, during the launch for KGU in Las Vegas Nevada last weekend.
It will retain three chapters in Europe, one in Canada, three in the US, and two each in Asia, and Africa respectively. The organisation shall also operate a homeland office in Nairobi.
KGU officials have appealed to the government to facilitate the implementation of dual citizenship for Kenyans and help them acquire new passports through its missions abroad. They also want the government to put logistics in place to enable all Kenyans in the Diaspora to register and vote in the next general elections slated in 2012, since it’s their right to do so.
The officials also demanded that the government addresses the issue of Kenyan women who are lured to Saudi Arabia with promise of a good job only to end up as domestic servants.
Other officials of the KGU include: Joan Misoi (Finance Secretary), Isaac Newton Kinity, director of operations while Peter Makori is the secretary for international affairs. Dr. Barrack Abonyo is the spokesperson.
In the Middle East, KGU is represented by Mohamed Abdi while Philip Ngugi and Julius Menge represent the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.
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