Category: Explainers & Analysis

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…

A digital card bearing the logo and social media template of Kamba Insights —a news blog—and quoting Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr is fake. The card which was shared on Saturday, 11 February 2022 via Twitter  and made rounds on various Twitter accounts, purported that Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr had said the following words:…

A Twitter user posted a photo that he claimed showed police vehicles outside the former Internal Security Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi’s home.  On the night of 8 February 2023, news broke that there was an alleged police raid at Matiang’is. One journalist, however, questioned why no photographs of the policemen who stalked Matiang’i had been…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A list circulating on Facebook purportedly showing 28 public secondary schools that are to be privatised is fake. A November 2022 list of the enterprises in the government’s approved privatisation programme includes KenGen, the Kenya Pipeline Company, parts of the Kenya Ports Authority, sugar millers, hotels, banks, the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) and New Kenya…

A digital card bearing KBC digital branding and quoting Archbishop Anthony Muheria seemingly criticizing President William Ruto is fake. The card reads, “We want to appreciate the new administration for acknowledging the place of God and the church in its establishment. However, the government must also understand that there’s time for everything. This is time…