A Facebook user shared the image above that presents claims of a new infectious disease-tick-borne virus, spreading in China, which has reportedly killed 7 people and...
Author - John-Allan Namu
John-Allan is a Kenyan investigative journalist and the co-founder of Africa Uncensored. He has been a journalist for 14 years, based out of Nairobi, from where he has reported on issues and events in Kenya and the region. He has interviewed high-level politicians and power brokers from across the region, and investigated crimes committed in the highest reaches and lowest rungs of African society. John-Allan is the 2015 and 2017 joint journalist of the year Annual Journalism Excellence Awards, a 2015 Global Shining light award finalist, and the 2009 CNN African Journalist of the Year. He is a 2009 CNN fellow and a 2017 Archbishop Desmond Tutu Fellow. He holds a BA in Journalism from the United States International University – Africa.
The photo above was shared in a tweet by Somalia-based Garowe Online, a news website, with claims that it is of a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) plane that caught fire after...
A tweep shared photos purporting that they show the deplorable condition of Jinja Referral Hospital in Uganda. Accompanying the photos is a caption accusing Dr Diana...
The tweet below was shared with a screenshot from a review on the possible role of houseflies and cockroaches in the mechanical transmission of COVID-19. COVID-19 AND...
Claims (see above-featured image) are circulating on Twitter and WhatsApp that the World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a COVID-19 home remedy by a student from...
A Facebook page shared the job advert below on July 29 claiming that the World Health Organization is offering home-based jobs to fight coronavirus. According to the ad...
The video below, tweeted by the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP), South Africa, purports to show mourners flouting COVID-19 regulations on social distancing at...
Have Kenya’s Makadara Law Courts Been Closed Indefinitely Due to COVID-19 Infection Among Staffers?
An article by News Day dated July 22 claims that the Makadara Law Courts closed indefinitely after staffers tested positive for COVID-19. Background On March 13, the...
An article by Kenyan Times claims that Kakamega County sets aside Kshs 4 million to buy 2 acres of land for the burial of those who succumb to COVID-19 as titled in the...
The list below has been circulating on WhatsApp among Kenyan users of the popular messenger app in the month of July purporting to show COVID-19 self-treatments and...


