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FALSE: This video isn’t of MP Junet Mohamed being arrested for insulting Finance CS John Mbadi

The video was taken in 2016 when Junet Mohammed was arrested for hate speech. A video accompanying a post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming to...

FALSE: This photo wasn’t captured in Nairobi CBD on 1 October 2024

The image was initially published during the June 2024 anti-government protests. These posts on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter) with a photo supposedly of the...

FAKE: This graphic purportedly quoting MP Mutuse Mwengi isn’t from Citizen Digital

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...

FALSE: This image is not of Kawira Mwangaza launching a wooden bridge worth Sh 63 million

The photo is of Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza standing on a makeshift bridge during the launch of the 1.3 km Mate-Gathima-Tosha Road which will...

MISSING CONTEXT: Governor Susan Kihika did not launch a dry tap in Nakuru

The complete footage shows the tap had water. This post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video claiming that Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika launched a...

FAKE: This letter claiming lawyer Morara Kebaso is a member of Galck+ is fabricated

The Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya (Galck+) denounced the letter. A post shared on X (formerly Twitter) with a letter purportedly from the Gay...

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Gutted Trade Part 3: A ‘Controlled Market’: Monopolies, corruption and difficulty accessing licenses shut out most Ugandans from the maw trade

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, Chinese demand for the Nile perch swim bladder,...

Gutted Trade PART 2: A Smuggling Route Reversed: Uganda no longer the region’s maw processing hub

This reporting project was supported by the Pulitzer Center. In Uganda, the hunt for fish maw is driving depletion...

Gutted Trade: How the hunt for swim bladder to supply Asian markets is failing Uganda’s fishing industry

From medicinal soups to holiday gifts, fish maw from Uganda feeds huge Chinese demand. But the once thriving...

Environmental Sustainability: How sugar factory diversified operations to eliminate pollution

Over one and a half decade ago, Chatthe family ventured into sugar milling business in Kibos, Kisumu County. The...

GOGO POWER SUB-STATION: New Year gift for Uriri residents

The overdue expansion of Gogo Power Sub Station is set to begin in the new year. The expansion will...

SOUTH SUDAN: Government official in hot soup for diverting relief vehicles for private use  

Government officials in Western Bahr el Ghazal State have diverted two Non-governmental organizations (NGO) donated vehicles intended to...