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 IEBC vice chairperson has confirmed she is not on Facebook.
acebook accounts with the profile of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) vice chairperson, Juliana Cherera, and posting content in her name, are FAKE.
“The Chair now claims he...
There have been a number of images shared on the internet, claiming to show voters in different polling stations. Two of these were shared on Twitter. One claims to show voters queuing in Gatundu, Kiambu county and another, Nyeri.
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A graphic that claims a former member of parliament Moses Kuria threatened to shoot an Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) observer is circulating on Facebook.
“IEBC Commissioner in charge of security Francis Wanderi ejects Moses Kuria from Bomas of...
An image of what appears to be the cover of the US news weekly Time has been shared online in Kenya, with the headline “The Man Who Will Never Be President”.
The cover shows a photo of Kenya politician Raila...
