This Facebook post with a photo supposedly of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay County, Kenya, is FALSE.

The image depicts a modern stadium and is accompanied by the text, “Raila Odinga Homabay Stadium”.

The post was published on 30 June 2023 as Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga unveiled a stadium named after Odinga.

But is the photo authentic?

Google reverse image search results established that the photo is of Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar.

Al Janoub stadium was inaugurated in 2019 and was one of the venues that hosted the 2022 World Cup. The design of the stadium was inspired by waves of traditional boats used by Al Wakrah’s ancient seafarers.

The image was also published here and here.

Additionally, this video posted by Governor Wanga confirmed that the Raila Odinga Stadium is different from the one we are debunking.

PesaCheck examined a Facebook post with a photo supposedly of Raila Odinga Stadium in Homa Bay County, Kenya, and found it to be FALSE.

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.

Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.

This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Rodgers Omondi and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Cédrick Irakoze and acting chief copy editor Francis Mwaniki.

The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah.

PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape the government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water/sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visitpesacheck.org.

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