Meta programme fact-checks

Fake picture of Tinubu and Biden

No, image doesn’t show Nigerian presidential hopeful Tinubu meeting US president Biden

False claim about KCB Foundation

No, major Kenyan bank KCB hasn’t partnered with Machakos county non-profit to train people living with disabilities

5GEMF_False

electromagnetic radiation

Any ‘5G & EMF nightmare’ is nonsense – electromagnetic radiation can be dangerous, but not at levels used by ordinary telecommunications equipment

OdingaRuto_False

Kenya Election Meta Check

No, Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga hasn’t threatened to take president William Ruto back to international court for ‘stealing his votes’

Kindiki_False

Kithure Kindiki

Kenya Election Meta Check

No, Kenya’s minister for the interior did not call out his bosses for ‘victimising’ former police chief, as website claims

Chirchir_Fake

No, Kenyan newspaper didn’t report that Kericho county politician claimed businesses blacklisted in leadership row

Kericho_Fake

Politician in Kenya’s Kericho county demanding lavish perks? No, document fake

Wetangula_False

Moses M Wetangula

No, Kenya’s national assembly speaker didn’t pen Facebook post slamming Muslim call to prayer

Bovas_Scam

Beware scam website advertising jobs at Bovas energy company

Paypal_False

No, fintech company PayPal hasn’t ‘reinstated’ policy fining users who spread misinformation

UgandaElections_Fake

Yoweri Museveni

Muhoozi Kainerugaba

Election posters showing son of Ugandan president in early presidential campaign? No, image doctored

AirwaysScam_Misleading

Emergency pilot jobs at Kenya’s troubled national airline? No, ignore fake recruitment poster