February 27, 2023
Kenya: No, Claims That Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome Involved in Accident False
IN SHORT: False information about the country's top judge continues to be shared on social media, despite clear evidence to the contrary. Read more »
February 23, 2023
Kenya: Photos of Vehicle and Weapons Snapped in 2018, Not During 2023 Security Operation in Kenya's North Rift
IN SHORT: Kenya's government is battling banditry in the North Rift region, where it has recently launched a new police and military operation. But photos circulating with the… Read more »
Kenya: No, Viral Photos Don't Show Antelope Shoes Worn By Bandits in Kenya
IN SHORT: A recent flare-up of violent banditry in Kenya's northern Rift Valley region, and the security forces' response, has prompted several false claims on social media. One is… Read more »
February 21, 2023
Kenya: No, Human Rights Watch Didn't Release Statement Linking Waithera Death to Fraud Case Against Former CEO of Kenya's Public Medical Insurer
IN SHORT: Human Rights Watch didn't release a statement saying the bizarre and tragic killing of National Hospital Insurance Fund staffer Lilian Waithera was because she was a… Read more »
February 20, 2023
Kenya: Ignore Scam Facebook Account Impersonating Kenyan President and First Lady
IN SHORT: The page combines the (misspelled) names of Kenyan president William Ruto and his wife Rachel Ruto. And it offers a fantastic prize of KSh27,000 for doing very little -… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's 'Ksh500 Billion Government Borrowing' Furore - What the Data Showed
In January 2023, Kenya's most widely read newspaper corrected a story attributing an eye-catching borrowing spree to the country's new government. Read more »
Kenya: Beware of Scam Facebook Page Offering to Boost Your Fuliza Overdraft Limit
The Facebook page Maria Citizen Yasmeen is promising Kenyans it can boost the borrowing limit for a popular overdraft service to KSh100,000 in just two minutes. Read more »
Kenya: Beware of Another Facebook Page Impersonating Kenyan Church
IN SHORT: Popular Kenyan preacher Ezekiel Odero and his New Life Prayer church are frequent victims of impersonation online. This Facebook page offering prayers in return for money… Read more »
Kenya: No, Kenyan President's Daughter Not Giving Away Motorbikes - Facebook Page Fake
IN SHORT: A Facebook page using the name and photos of Charlene Ruto offers free and low-cost motorbikes - a popular form of transport in Kenya - and jobs in Dubai. But it's run by… Read more »
February 10, 2023
Kenya: No, Kenya's Family Bank Not Offering Soft Loans On Whatsapp
IN SHORT: The loan terms are attractive. But the offer isn't real - and it's probably a scam. Read more »
Kenya: Kenyan Actor Ogana Can Boost Your Fuliza Loan Limit? No, Facebook Page a Scam
IN SHORT: Brian Ogana, the star of the popular Kenyan TV drama Maria, has hundreds of thousands of Facebook followers. He has no reason to run another Facebook page offering dodgy… Read more »
Kenya: Beware Facebook Page Impersonating Former Kenyan President Kenyatta
IN SHORT: The page uses Uhuru Kenyatta's name and photos, and its posts attract thousands of responses. But it's run by an imposter. Read more »
January 31, 2023
Kenya: No, Nation Newspaper Didn't Warn of Super Gonorrhoea Caused By 'Promiscuity' Among Kenyan Women
IN SHORT: A graphic shared on social media in Kenya attributes a number of problematic claims to the country's largest selling daily newspaper. But the graphic is a fabrication and… Read more »
Kenya: Beware of the Facebook Page Impersonating Kenyan Financial Institution
IN SHORT: A Facebook page masquerading as microfinance company Faulu Kenya is offering Kenyans instant loans. But beware - it's not linked to the real institution and may be trying… Read more »
Kenya: Wiper Party Leader Musyoka Said He'd Stop Attending Opposition Azimio Coalition Rallies? No, Graphic Not By NTV Kenya
IN SHORT: Broadcaster NTV Kenya didn't produce the widely shared graphic that falsely quotes Kalonzo Musyoka, the leader of the Wiper party, as saying he "won't attend any Azimio… Read more »
Kenya: Don't Be Conned - Ads Offering Jobs At Coca-Cola in Kenya a Scam
IN SHORT: Jobs at the beverages giant Coca-Cola might give you some financial security. But posts on Facebook claiming the firm is hiring in Kenya will only cost job-seekers time… Read more »
January 30, 2023
Africa: No, Prime Minister of Niger Didn't Lecture Kenyan President At Dakar Summit - Heavily Shared Clip Manipulated
A video posted on TikTok in late January 2023 shows Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou, the prime minister of Niger, sitting next to Kenyan president William Ruto. Mahamadou appears to be… Read more »
January 27, 2023
Kenya: Relax! Viral Video of Student Confessing - On Live TV - to Cheating in Kenya's National Exams Just a Tiktok Joke
IN SHORT: Just days after the school-leaving Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam results were released, a video that seemed to show a top-performing student blatantly… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Kenya: Kenya's Kiambu County Governor Backs Controversial Dam Despite Residents' Opposition? No, Graphic Fake
IN SHORT: Tempers have flared in the populous Kenyan county of Kiambu over the proposed construction of a dam. But a national TV station did not report that the county governor had… Read more »
January 26, 2023
Kenya: Ignore Scam Facebook Page Impersonating Kenyan President Ruto
IN SHORT: Another year, another Facebook page offering Kenyans loans in the name of a famous politician. Beware Kenyans, president William Ruto is not handing out quick loans on a… Read more »
Kenya: No, Viral Photos Don't Show Former Kenyan Cabinet Secretary 'A Few Days' Before Recent Death
IN SHORT: George Magoha is unsmiling in the photos, and Facebook users are asking why "no one reached out to him". But the pics were snapped in 2019, not a few days before the… Read more »
January 24, 2023
Kenya: No, Scam Facebook Group 'Hon Rachel Chebet Loans' Not Run By Kenya's First Lady
IN SHORT: Rachel Ruto, the wife of Kenyan president William Ruto, is involved in several social projects. But lurking on Facebook, dispensing loans, is not one of them. Read more »
Kenya: Ignore Scam Facebook Page Impersonating Popular Kenyan Preacher
IN SHORT: Prayers for cash? Pastor Ezekiel Odera can fill stadiums, so it's unlikely that he'd beg for money on a clumsy Facebook page that misspells his name. Read more »
January 20, 2023
Kenya: Beware of Suspicious Facebook Page Impersonating Popular Kenyan YouTuber
IN SHORT: Facebook is awash with misleading pages and posts offering quick loans to social media users. Unfortunately posts on a page claiming to be made by popular Kenyan YouTuber… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Kenya: No, the Teachers Service Commission - Kenya's Largest Public Employer - Hasn't Appointed a New Boss
IN SHORT: The leadership of the Teachers Service Commission, one of Kenya's 10 constitutional commissions, is keenly watched. A claim that the agency has a new chief is false. Read more »