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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...

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...