Between October 2023 and September 2024, a number of Facebook accounts impersonating major airports and airlines, posted that they were overwhelmed by unclaimed luggage...
Author - Nyakerario Omari
For weeks now, Kenya’s youth, tribeless and leaderless, have taken to the streets in a powerful show of unity against the unpopular proposals contained in the now...
Fact Check
Is this image of a BBC News story claiming Kenya Police are using poisonous gas legitimate?
This digital card attributed to the BBC, has been shared by various posts here, here, and here, alleging that the Kenyan police used poisonous gas to disperse protesters...
A post on X shared on July 14, 2024 claims to show police misconduct during an operation to retrieve bodies from the Kware dumpsite in Embakasi South Constituency. The...
Fact Check, Piga Firimbi
Fact-checking President Ruto’s Statements and Addresses After The 2024 Finance Bill Protests
For about two weeks between June 18 and July 2, 2024, Kenya has faced nationwide protests driven by widespread opposition to the Finance Bill 2024. These protests took...
This image of a policeman standing over a protestor was shared with the hashtags #RutoMustGo, #RejectFinanceBill2024, #Roadtostatehouse, #RevolutionNowOrNever, and...
This video has been shared on X with claims that it shows protesters in Eldoret town on June 27, 2024. A search on the same platform with ‘Eldoret’ as a keyword reveals...
This post with an image of the front page of The Standard newspaper shared on X claims that the Kenyan government is introducing a 16% ‘socialite tax’ with the apparent...
On May 20, 2024, David Atherton, a journalist at The European Conservative according to his verified profile on X, posted a video claiming to show the situation in...
CIB, Piga Firimbi
Children and Conflict: Online Disinformation In the Wake Of ‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’
During armed conflicts, disinformation has been used as a strategic weapon to deceive and manipulate perceptions in order to shape and control narratives, the goal being...
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