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Fact Checker

FAKE: EACC notice to activist Hanifa Farsafi over misappropriation of M-Changa funds is fabricated

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...

FALSE: These images, supposedly of police assaulting a protestor, are not from July 2024 in Mukuru Kwa Njenga

The images were posted by Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi on 13 December 2014. This X (formerly Twitter) post with images purportedly showing Kenyan police assaulting...

FACT-CHECK: This  photo of Azimio leader Raila Odinga wearing UDA-branded attire is altered

The original image of Odinga does not have the UDA branding.  A photo shared on X (formerly Twitter) of opposition leader and former Kenyan Prime...

MISSING CONTEXT: This video alleging that former Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has turned against President Ruto after the dissolution of the cabinet is misleading

The video is of Kindiki speaking to the local administration of Lamu County on 15 July 2023. This X post accompanied by a video claiming...

FALSE: This video isn’t of Kithure Kindiki’s message to President Ruto after the cabinet dismissal

The video is of the former Interior CS addressing a security meeting in Lamu in June 2023. This video on TikTok, supposedly of Kithure Kindiki,...

ALTERED: Russian President Putin did not address Kenya’s June 2024 protests

The Russian Embassy in Kenya has dismissed the claim. This video on TikTok supposedly of Russian President Vladmir Putin addressing the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill...

Latest News

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...