• March 19, 2024
  1. Home
  2. Blogs for 2022

Year: 2022

Latest News
FALSE: Photo does not show the drought situation in Embolioi, Kajiado County, in October 2022

FALSE: Photo does not show the drought situation in Embolioi, Kajiado County, in October 2022

The image has been used on different online platforms since 2017. A Facebook post with an image claiming to show the impact of drought in Embolioi, a region in Kenya’s Kajiado County, in October 2022

Latest News
FALSE: This image is not of the border bridge linking Uganda and Kenya

FALSE: This image is not of the border bridge linking Uganda and Kenya

The attached image is of the newly constructed Nigeria-Cameroon Border Bridge. A tweet with an image purportedly showing the border bridge linking Uganda and Kenya is FALSE. But a Google reverse image search reveals that

Latest News
MISSING CONTEXT: Claim that former DCI boss George Kinoti has been jailed for 4 months is misleading

MISSING CONTEXT: Claim that former DCI boss George Kinoti has been jailed for 4 months is misleading

The sentence was imposed in 2021 when Kinoti was in office. A Facebook post claiming that former Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti has been jailed for four months is MISSING CONTEXT. The

FALSE: Journalist Hussein Mohamed has not been appointed Kenyan Government spokesperson

Mohamed is the State House spokesperson. A tweet claiming that former Citizen TV journalist Hussein Mohamed has been appointed Kenyan Government spokesperson is FALSE. The tweet, published on 14 October 2022, claims that Mohamed, who

FALSE: Photo is not of ex-Kenyan President Uhuru enjoying village life after retirement

The picture is from July 2021, when the retired president was serving his second term. A Facebook post with a photo claiming to be of former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta enjoying village life after retirement

Latest News
FAKE: Facebook account offering loans does not belong to Margaret Kenyatta

FAKE: Facebook account offering loans does not belong to Margaret Kenyatta

The Facebook account is an imposter. A Facebook account said to belong to the immediate former Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and offering loans is FAKE. One of the posts reads: “Hello my fellow Kenyans

FALSE: ONE DOES NOT NEED COLLATERAL TO GET THE HUSTLER FUND  

  An applicant does not need any form of collateral to apply for the Hustler Fund loan.   There is a claim that for one to access the Hustler Fund loan, one needs to provide

FALSE: Cooking flour prices have not gone down by Ksh70  

  The claim that cooking flour prices have dropped from Ksh230 to Ksh160 is false and misleading.   The claim was shared on Twitter by John Gichengo on 25th November 2022.   There has been

FALSE: CIVIL SOCIETIES HAVE NOT BEEN SILENT ON GMO DISCOURSE  IN KENYA

  The claim that the civil societies in Kenya have been silent about the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) discourse going on in the country is not true.   On 22nd November 2022, Alxx through Twitter

FALSE: PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO DOES NOT WANT TO ABOLISH THE PRESIDENTIAL LIMITS  

  The claim that President William Ruto wants to remove the presidential term limit is false and misleading.   There has been a tweet from Lloyd Onyango claiming that president William Ruto wants to change