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Fact Checker

ALTERED: This video purportedly of Malema castigating President Ruto is doctored

The original video is of Malema addressing Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. This video on Facebook and TikTok supposedly of South African politician Julius Malema...

ALTERED: This purported cover of Kenyan author Ken Walibora’s book is doctored

Moran Publishers denounced the book cover art. An image shared on Facebook of a book purportedly by the late Kenyan author Ken Walibora is ALTERED. The...

FACT-CHECK: Claim that an earthquake damaged a road in Rongai, Kenya is false

The image is of a highway In Ridgecrest, California taken in July 2019. A claim on X  (formerly Twitter) that a road in Rongai, Kenya...

FALSE: This image of bodies retrieved from a water body is not from Kenya

The photo was taken in Eastern Congo. This post on X accompanied by a picture of bodies covered in plastic bags claimed to be of...

ALTERED: This video of Moses Kuria being roughed was not captured during the 2024 anti-gov’t protests 

The video was taken in February 2020 during a BBI rally and does not contain the ‘Ruto must go’ chant. This video on Facebook(archived here)...

Experts change tact as cybercriminals turn to generative AI to enhance attack

Cyber security experts are fast changing tact in providing digital safety and security as cybercriminals turn to generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance attack. The...

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Innovation hub equips 63 Kisumu youths with digital skills

At least 63 youths have benefit from a digital skill project targeting cyber security and data analytics. The youths...

Investment Conference exposes Nyanza’s development potentials

The government has announced plans to fast-track key development projects in Nyanza in renewed efforts to transform the...

Declare femicide a national crisis, rights groups tell President Ruto

Human Rights Defenders have called on President William Ruto to declare femicide as a national crisis. Through various rights...

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...