US Kenyans raise Sh3 million to send home the body of a gun violence victim

WASHINGTON: Hundreds of Kenyans living in Baltimore and Washington, DC descended on a Kenyan church in Baltimore on a cold Saturday evening where they raised approximately Sh3 million (USD 31,000) in one night to send the body of Josephat Mwebia Kobia back to Meru for burial.

The Kenyans who braved the punishing cold hailed Kobia as a caring community organiser who transcended tribal lines in assisting other Kenyans in the DC-Baltimore area. Speaker after speaker praised Kobia as the quintessential leader of the Kenyan Diaspora community organising in the larger DC and Baltimore areas.