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Urgent Call for Action: Children Demand Meaningful Climate Change Solutions

Children worldwide are urgently demanding meaningful action, not just any action, in the relentless fight against climate change. Their impassioned call for effective measures cannot be emphasized enough. Children have been urging local, regional, national, and global leaders to take decisive steps against the looming threat of climate change, which imperils the very future of […]

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FALSE: This video isn’t of Kenyan soldiers in Haiti in October 2023

The video is from 20th March 2023 during anti-government protests in Kisumu, Kenya. This video shared on TikTok supposedly of Kenyan forces overwhelmed by gangs in Haiti is FALSE. “Kimewaramba huko Haiti (they are having it bad in Haiti) , Kenyans forces overwhelmed by HAITI gangs : Situation in Haiti,” reads the caption on the […]

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FALSE: This video of Francis Atwoli supposedly reconciling with Raila is not from September 2023

The video is of  Atwoli gifting Raila Cows in Dec 26, 2021 This video on TikTok purportedly showing Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli giving Azimio la Umoja One Kenya leader Raila Odinga cows as a way of reconciliation after ditching President Willliam Ruto’s camp is FALSE. The video has a […]

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FALSE: This video doesn’t show Ndindi Nyoro warning President William Ruto over increased fuel prices 

The video is from 2021 when Uhuru Kenyatta was president. This Youtube video allegedly depicting Kiharu Member of Parliament (MP) Ndindi Nyoro issuing a warning to the Kenya Kwanza government regarding escalating fuel prices is FALSE. “Ni sisi tulikueka kwa hiyo kiti unajisahau tukiumia (We are the ones who put you in that seat, you […]

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False: These photos are not of Kisumu City in Kenya

The images are of Mount Edgecombe interchange in South Africa and Luanda, Angola, respectively. This post on Facebook with photos supposedly of Kisumu city in Kenya is FALSE. The post has two images depicting an aerial view of a modern road and beach-side street, accompanied by a text reading: “Kisumu City, Kenya.” Kisumu city is […]

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HOAX: This Facebook post claiming Huduma Kenya is paying pension for teachers who retired between 1997-2007 is misleading

The agency has disowned the claim. This post on Facebook claiming Huduma Kenya is paying pension for teachers and other Ministry of Education staff who retired between 1997-2007 is a HOAX. “Hi members, do you know of anyone who worked in the ministry of Education as a teacher or any other position and retired between the […]

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FALSE: WHO has not declared mass vaccination to combat climate change

A spokesperson for the UN agency has dismissed the claim as incorrect. This screenshot of an article on Facebook claiming that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared mass vaccinations to combat climate change is FALSE. The screenshot was taken from the website of thepeoplesvoice.tv, where it was published on 26 August 2023. The article attributes the purported declaration to Dr […]

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FALSE: This video isn’t of a magnitude 11.9 earthquake that hit California in 2023

The video is of an earthquake in Japan on 11 March 2011. This Facebook post with a video, purportedly of a magnitude 11.9 earthquake in California, United States, in 2023, is FALSE. The footage on the post is dated “24/08/23”. The California state flag is on the top left-corner of the video. A section of the video has the […]

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FALSE: This photo of a vehicle supposedly belonging to Raila Odinga that was allegedly destroyed in Migori is misleading

The image is of ex-Suna West MP Joseph Ndiege’s car. This X post with a photo claiming to show Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya leader Raila Odinga’s vehicle that was allegedly destroyed in Migori County is FALSE. Odinga was in Migori on 8 September 2023 for a leaders’ forum.  Media reports indicate that there was chaos […]

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FALSE: This video doesn’t show Kenya’s President William Ruto warning Raila Odinga 

In the original clip, the president issued a warning to cattle rustlers, not the opposition leader. This video posted on TikTok  purportedly showing Kenya’s President William Ruto issuing a warning to former prime Minister Raila Odinga is False. The video posted on 25 August 2023 has a caption reading “Ruto strong warning to Raila” and […]