The purported letter did not originate from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission.
This notice on X (formerly Twitter), purportedly from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), summoning journalist and activist Hanifa Adan, popularly known as Hanifa Farsafi, is FAKE.
According to the post, Hanifa is being accused of squandering funds contributed by the public for people injured or killed during the anti-government protests.
In the purported summon, Hanifa was instructed to present herself at the EACC headquarters on Wednesday, July 24, to help with the ongoing investigation.
Another X user also shared the notice admonishing the anti-corruption agency for summoning Hanifa. “EACC Summoning Hanifa to Explain how he used money sent to her by Kenyans is the dumbest thing I’ve seen this regime do. Auditing money that is not yours…” read the post.
Another post bearing the notice also appears here.
Kenyans, led by Hanifa, contributed through the crowd-funding platform M-changa to cater for hospital bills for injured demonstration victims and funeral expenses for those who lost their lives.
At least 50 people have been killed in the protests to date, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).
Hanifa was later accused of misappropriating the funds by claiming that she had bought a Prado with the money contributed. Notably, the claim was not substantiated with any proof.
A review of the official X account of the EACC revealed that the commission had not published any such notice. Instead, EACC distanced itself from the notice and branded it FAKE.
The anti-corruption body further noted that it would investigate individuals impersonating its officers.
Hanifa also dismissed the notice and called out the user who had first shared the fake EACC notice.
This fact-check was produced by Lake Region Bulletin, under the African Fact-Checking Incubator programme, with support from PesaCheck, Code for Africa’s fact-checking initiative, and the African Fact-Checking Alliance(AFCA).
