FumbuaKE
Photos doing the rounds on Facebook in Kenya show dark smoke billowing from behind the Parkside Towers, a building in the capital Nairobi that hosts the headquarters of one of Kenya’s biggest telecommunications companies, Airtel Kenya.
The building is along...
A photo doing the rounds on Facebook in Kenya shows a concrete pillar supporting an elevated highway that appears to be collapsing.
It was posted with the claim that it shows a highway in Kenya constructed during former president Uhuru...
How the misinformation community came together to collaborate and tackle the false information around the last general election.
In April 2022, I stepped up to lead the collective project, a collaborative journalism project that brought together fact-checkers, journalists, podcasters, digital...
What appears to be a screenshot of a tweet by Uganda Police Force (UPF) spokesperson Fred Enanga has been posted on Facebook, saying that women who reject men should be reported.
The tweet reads: “Following the president’s signing of the...
According to a claim circulating on Facebook, Sacco dividends earned in Kenya are now attracting a 15% tax, having risen from a 5% rate previously.
“It’s just pointless to save in this country!” reads one post.
Sacco is an abbreviation for...
IN SHORT: A photo claiming to show Kenyan politician Kalonzo Musyoka meeting president William Ruto in 2022 for a political deal was actually taken in 2018.
A photo doing the rounds on Facebook shows newly inaugurated Kenyan president William Ruto...
The governor only banned garbage mikokoteni from the CBD.
Facebook post claiming that newly-elected Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has banned mikokoteni (handcarts) from the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) is PARTLY FALSE.
“Governor Johnson Sakaja bans mkokoteni’s in Nairobi’s CBD, Sasa...
The image dates back to 2018 and shows a fake lawyer arrested in Nigeria
A Facebook post with an image purportedly showing a Nigerian, who joined President-elect William Ruto’s legal team is FALSE.
The post reads: “Just in. Nigerian Igbo man...
The image dates back to 2020 and it is of a chief who poured illicit brew on a woman in Uasin Gishu County.
A Facebook post with a screenshot purportedly showing Kenya’s Deputy President-elect Rigathi Gachagua pouring a liquid on...
The Star, through its verified Twitter and Facebook platforms, flagged the newspaper cover as fake.
This Star newspaper cover with the lead story claiming that Supreme Court Judge Isaac Lenaola received $1.7 million from Uasin Gishu Woman Representative-elect Gladys Shollei...
