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Fact Checker

MISSING CONTEXT: This video alleging that Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua warned President Ruto over pride and chest-thumping is misleading

The video is of Gachagua addressing the former interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i during a fundraiser in Kisii County on 15 October 2020. This post...

ALTERED : These are not the headlines on the front cover of The Star , Daily Nation and The Standard newspapers’ 25 July 2024...

The authentic covers had different headlines.  These images purportedly of the front covers of The Star, Daily Nation and The Standard newspapers’ 25 July 2024...

FALSE: This photo isn’t of CS Hassan Joho after his vetting by Parliament

The photo is from June 2023. This photo shared on Facebook supposedly showing Hassan Joho, the Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue Economy heading to...

FALSE: DP Gachagua did not say MPs were bribed to pass the 2024 Finance Bill

The video is from February 2021. This video on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Deputy President (DP) Rigathi Gachagua said Members of Parliament (MPs) were...

FAKE: This KFC notice announcing layoffs over demonstrations is fabricated

The KFC franchise in Kenya is not laying off workers.  This letter shared on X (formerly Twitter)  purportedly by Kentucky Fried Chicken(KFC) announcing layoffs due...

MISSING CONTEXT: This video showing Police officers brutally beating up a young man is not from the current GEN Z demonstrations

The video was taken in November 2019 during a students’ strike in Juja. This video shared on X, showing police officers assaulting a young man...

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