Author: Vincent Ng&#8217;ethe

in Public Square

Will the day come when Kenya’s urbanites use maps to report potholes and other municipal flare-ups to City Hall? It’s a long- awaited technology milestone that should be at every Kenyan’s fingertips by now. The possibilities at scale were highlighted on 16 July 2016, when a frustrated Ory Okolloh tweeted: “Twitpic your Nairobi road pics.…

Urgent Lessons For Kenya From Turkey’s Devastation

Feb 21, 2023

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in Pop Culture

As rescue efforts following the Turkey-Syria earthquake were thought of as coming to an end, the death toll had reached 44,000 people and 46,000 by other totals. That’s more than a tenth of the total death count in Turkey in recent years, going by that country’s official statistics (whose independence has been questioned) and from…

We Checked Some Claims By MP Sylvanus Osoro On Kenya’s Expenditure

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Recently, President William Ruto told Kenyans that the country must find savings of KSh 300 billion in the upcoming supplementary budget. In a television panel on 9 January 2023, Sylvanus Osoro spoke about the country’s financial situation. Osoro, who represents the constituency of Mugirango South in the west of Kenya, made some claims about the…

The Kenyan government has not slashed HELB loan allocation from 15.8 billion to 2.7 billion

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A tweet that claims the government has allocated KSh2.7 billion to the Higher Education Loans Board is false. According to the tweet, the funds allocated to the government agency which provides student loans has plunged precipitously since William Ruto was sworn in as President of Kenya on 15 September 2022. “From Ksh15.8 billion (Uhuru) to…

Video shows President William Ruto lecturing Kericho MCAs, not Azimio MPs

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A video shared on TikTok showing President William Ruto lecturing Azimio coalition members of parliament is false. “Wacheni upuzi (Stop being foolish),” he says to loud applause. “Hiyo mchezo mnaendelea sisi tunataka kila kiongozi ambaye amechaguliwa muanze kupanga mambo ya wananchi, siyo kupanga mambo yenu, ya vyeo, sijiui na…shame on you. Na mimi nataka niwaambie…

Video of President Ruto Being Rebuked At The African Food Summit Is Altered

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A video circulating on Facebook that shows President William Ruto being rebuked at the African Food Summit is altered. The video shows Kenya’s President sitting silently as a man sitting next to him dressed in white criticizes him. In the background of the two men are the logos of the African Food Summit, also known…

Raila Odinga Wasn’t Chased At Jacaranda Rally. Video Is From 2022 Election Campaign

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A video being shared on TikTok shows a convoy of motor vehicles moving past a crowd of people. The crowd is chanting “William Ruto” and “UDA”. The captions on the video reads “Raila Chased like a MBURUKENGE DOG by the police in Jacaranda ground rally.” The video is dated 29 January 2023, the same day…

Raila Odinga did not refer to William Ruto as President, video is manipulated

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A video circulating on TikTok shows Raila Odinga apparently introducing William Ruto as President in front of a cheering crowd. The background is draped in Kenya’s flag colours. A caption on the video states: ”Raila Odinga joins President Ruto at Siaya”. In the video, William Ruto calls Odinga to the platform with the words: “Waziri…

KBC digital card with Muheria criticism of politics in church fake

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