A graphic circulating on Facebook in late August 2022 attributes a controversial quote to Wafula Chebukati, the chair of Kenya’s electoral commission.
“When others were doing their campaigns across the country, others were making love with my commissioners. It was...
Ahead of the Kenyan general election on 9 August 2022, a screenshot of what looked like a Facebook post by Kenyan television station NTV Kenya was posted online.
The post claimed politician Nelson Koech, who represented Belgut constituency in the...
A TikTok video posted on Facebook in August 2022 claims that Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has called out leaders who want to get into power by any means possible, including unconstitutionally.
In the video, Uhuru says mainly in Kiswahili: “Umesema...
A video of a large crowd of people singing and dancing, waving the flag of Uganda, is circulating on Twitter with the claim that they are celebrating the electoral commission announcement that William Ruto had won Kenya’s 9 August...
Prof. PLO Lumumba has denounced the quote.A quote attributed to Professor PLO Lumumba purportedly about Deputy President William Ruto submitted for fact-checking via PesaCheck’s WhatsApp Tipline is FAKE.“William Ruto suffers from Jehovah complex. He loves to be worshipped. He...
A tweet claiming that Kenya African National Union (KANU) Party does not have any elected legislator is FALSE.
“There is no elected KANU legislator for the first time since independence,” the tweet states.
The Cambridge Dictionary defines a legislator as a...
The main story of the newspaper dated 3–5 August 2022 alleges that the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has warned voters to reject leaders who bank on tribal politics to ascend to the governorship.
Just below the main headline...
The 1,000 shilling note is the highest value currency note in Kenya.
A Facebook post showing an image of a KSh6,000 banknote with Raila Odinga’s face is SATIRICAL.
The post in Swahili reads; “Tushaanza kupata mshahara ya Baba the 5th .
Baba...
The statement appears to be signed by the owners of The Standard Group and Royal Media Services, but the organisations have disowned it.
A statement shared on Facebook claiming that The Standard Group and the Royal Media Services called the...
We discovered that the original image shows Kenyatta holding his president-elect certificate from the electoral commission in 2017.
An image shared on Facebook claiming to show outgoing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta endorsing Gatundu South Parliamentary contestant is ALTERED.
The image shows...
