The former prime minister was in Nairobi on the day the claim was posted and he even attended a church service. The tweet was shared on 28 August 2022 and does not provide further information. Mulago is in the north-central...
The digital card contains the branding of Nation Africa but the publication has disowned it. A digital card shared on Facebook containing a quote attributed to President-elect, William Ruto, is FAKE. The digital card contains the branding of Nation Africa, a...
An image widely shared on Facebook shows a man who resembles Kenyan politician and businessperson Polycarp Igathe sitting inside a small shoemaker’s shop. He is holding an old brown shoe.  The image’s captions claim it shows Igathe mending shoes as...
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...
“UDA TWITTER PAYROLL,” reads the subject line on what looks like an internal memo from Kenya’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, circulating on Facebook. The document, addressed to the finance director, is dated 24 August 2022. It says: “Kindly approve...
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...
What seems to be an internal memo by the state-owned Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) announcing the sacking of staff from the Luo community has caught social media attention. The memo is headed: “TERMINATION OF SERVICES OF CHARLES OCHIENG...
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...
video posted on TikTok on 7 August 2022 appears to show Kenyan president-elect William Ruto taking his oath of office as president. In the clip, he appears to swear that he will “always, truly and diligently serve the people and...
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