Wednesday, June 1 marked Uhuru Kenyatta’s last Madaraka Day as president. He used this day to outline his administration’s achievements. Amongst them was increasing forest cover from 6.99% in 2013.
“With your mandate, we have planted 1.34 billion trees, moving...
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...
“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...
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...
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...
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 graphic posted on Facebook in Kenya quotes Nicholas Gumbo as saying there will only be democracy in the country’s Siaya county after Raila Odinga retires.
Odinga is the presidential candidate for the Azimio la Umoja coalition. It is pitted...
With Kenyan elections scheduled for 9 August 2022, pollsters and media houses have been the target of false information which presents some candidates as more popular than others. This potentially harms voters’ ability to make informed choices.
One graphic posted...
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...
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