Category: Debunked
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Is Kenya Ready to Open Her Skies Again?
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that international air travel would resume on August 1st. We wondered, has Kenya taken enough measures to ensure that the lives of it’s people and that of the visitors coming in are safe?
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Who Created the Mask?
Have you ever wondered who created the mask and why it’s important during health pandemics? 😷 Patrick Gatua explores.
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Did pollution reduce during the restrictions?
Remember when Osman Siddiqi took the famous photo capturing Mt. Kenya from Westlands, Nairobi? Everyone wondered whether the landmark was clear because of reduced air pollution during Covid-19 restrictions. Debunk Producer and data journalist Wakini Njogu put the theories to test. Was the earth breathing due to curfews and lockdowns?
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Culture in the midst of a pandemic: Lessons from Ja Chiga’s chaotic funeral
On the morning of June 11, 2020, Benard Obonyo breathed his last at St. Jairus Hospital in Kisumu. Were it not for who he was and the kind of following he commanded, his funeral would have been just like any of the numerous others that have taken place in Kisumu County during the coronavirus era,…
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Coronavirus shocks to fuel years of unrest and hunger in poorest economies
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Economic shocks caused by the new coronavirus are set to fuel poverty
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