A letter circulating on X seemingly addressing Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) employees in Kenya states that the fast food restaurant chain is “implementing a round of...
Author - Thomas Mukhwana
Thomas Mukhwana is a broadcast journalist and fact-checker. He is passionate about storytelling, sustainable development and policy in the African context.
Is Aden Duale’s claim that ‘many died’ in the January 6 Insurrection compared to #RejectFinanceBill2024 protests true?
In a television interview with Citizen TV on July 3, 2024, former Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale defended the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces to all counties...
Is the United States Kenya’s largest trading partner?
Ahead of his state visit to the US, President William Ruto hosted US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman and students from the Harvard Business School at State House...
Has the number of students in the School Feeding Programme tripled since 2023?
On May 14, 2024, one week before his historic visit to the US, President William Ruto hosted US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman and students from the Harvard Business...
Fact-checking President Ruto’s speeches during the US State Visit
President Ruto embarked on a state visit and working tour of the United States from May 20-24, 2024 accompanied by First Lady Rachel Ruto, three of his daughters, and a...
On April 15, 2024, First Lady Rachel Ruto claimed that Ugandans do not use fertilisers due to the “East Africa Revival that swept Uganda and some parts of East Africa”...
Social media has been rightly described as a public square due to the diversity of ideas and views that reflect and sometimes inform public opinion. While this is a...
A statement attributed to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) circulating on social media here, here, here, here, here and here on X and on Facebook claims that the...
Scammed: How QZ Asset Management Duped African Investors Through Plagiarism, Influencers and Bogus Tech
Our investigations of QZ Assets Management reveal a questionable company with a carefully constructed narrative and an elaborate operation that roped in thousands of...
Social media posts shared here, here, here and here, show a digital poster bearing the Standard Media logo and graphics template. It has been widely shared on X and...