Both the publication and the legislator have disowned the digital card.
This digital card shared on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter), purportedly from Citizen Digital and quoting Kibwezi West Member of Parliament Mutuse Mwengi, is FAKE.
The card has Citizen Digital branding, an image of the legislator and a quote that reads, “I deeply regret my actions. Bringing the motion forward has brought me endless trouble, and now I feel like an enemy of the people. I can no longer move freely, and earlier this evening, I was even chased out of a hotel in town.”
The card was shared on 1 October 2024, a day after Mutuse tabled an impeachment motion against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua at the National Assembly.
The claim was also shared here and here.
But is the card authentic?
Although it has Citizen Digital branding, the card does not appear on the publication’s verified Facebook, X, and Instagram accounts, where such graphics are shared.
PesaCheck contacted Citizen Digital’s reporter and social media manager, Ikahu Susan, who dismissed the card.
“This is not our poster,” Ikahu said.
PesaCheck also contacted Mutuse, who dismissed the card via a WhatsApp message.
“Fake,” the MP told PesaCheck.
PesaCheck examined a digital card shared on Facebook and X, purportedly from Citizen Digital and quoting Kibwezi West MP Mutuse Mwengi and found it FAKE.
This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Rodgers Omondi and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.
