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Al-Shabaab and the Islamic State are using Facebook to spread their hateful ideologies, grow audiences and broadcast their messaging in East Africa, with Kenya as their focus.This is according to a new report shared with the Nation by the...
As a general election in Kenya nears, TikTok is becoming a go-to source of information on politics. New research shows that a lack of effective content moderation by the platform is allowing millions of users in the region to...
Hate speech and disinformation are circulating widely on TikTok in the lead-up to Kenya’s August general elections, according to a new report from the Mozilla Foundation. Even videos that appear to be in clear violation of TikTok policies seem...
A digital card shared on Facebook with a quote attributed to Kakamega Governor, Wycliffe Oparanya, is FAKE.
The digital card contains the branding of Kenyans.co.ke, an online Kenyan publication and is dated 24 May 2022.
The digital card also has Oparanya’s...
As Kenya hurtles toward the next general election on August 9, 2022, there is growing concern about the proliferation of digital influence operations polluting the electoral information ecosystem.....
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Raila Odinga, leader of Kenya’s opposition Orange Democratic Movement and presidential candidate in the country’s August 2022 elections, named former justice minister Martha Karua as his running mate on 16 May.
Karua heads Narc Kenya, a party in Odinga’s Azimio...
An image of a “press statement” attributed to Safaricom, a Kenyan telecoms company, was posted on Facebook on 25 May 2022.
“Our attention has been drawn to remarks made by a running mate to one of the leading presidential aspirants...
Both Juliani and Azimio have disapproved of that information.A Facebook post claiming that Kenyan musician Julius Owino, popularly known as Juliani, has been appointed Director of Entertainment by the Azimio la Umoja coalition is FALSE.....
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This advertisement claims that William Ruto is issuing grants worth Ksh20,000 for youth empowerment and business support to Kenyan citizens. The advertisement is doing rounds on WhatsApp groups....
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A photo is circulating on Facebook with the claim it shows Rigathi Gachagua, MP for Kenya’s Mathira constituency, waving at Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga’s convoy of vehicles.
He is in a crowd of onlookers
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