Former governor of Kiambu county, William Kabogo, shared a tweet with the screenshot shared above with claims that Congo’s Dr Denis Mukwege had resigned from the...
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 screenshot below was shared on Facebook on May 8 and resurfaced on Instagram on June 16. It has been presented as ‘breaking news’ by CNN anchor Wolf...
On June 17, a Kenyan Facebook user shared a disturbing video of a small boy being beaten by another older boy, while being encouraged by a third party who was filming...
A Facebook claim that the Tanzanian government has approved a herbal medicine called Covidol as a COVID-19 cure has gone viral. Photos like the one above accompany the...
A Kenyan tweep shared the video below on June 15, 2020, allegedly showing a pastor in Italy walking into his church only to realize that his congregants succumbed to...
Did Ramaphosa and ANC Members Violate COVID-19 Social Distancing Rules at Birthday Party?
These photos (see below) of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with members of his African National Congress (ANC) party members have been making the rounds on...
This Facebook post purportedly shows a photo of bodies of people who have died of COVID-19 lined up on the ground. A woman is seen carrying one of the supposed bodies...
A Kenyan tweep shared these photos (see below) that have been circulating online, on June 1, purporting to show protesters in the United States asking for help from...
Did Kenya Red Cross Society Launch Humanitarian Recruitment Programme to Assist With COVID-19 Outbreak?
This Facebook post claims that the Kenya Red Cross is urgently recruiting 700 people to assist in humanitarian work in areas heavily affected recently by heavy rains and...
The screengrab above shows a message that has been circulating among Kenyan WhatsApp users. It is being passed off as the new/possible coronavirus containment measures...


