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HOAX: This TikTok video advertising jobs at Quickmart supermarket is a scam

Quickmart Supermarket has disowned the job advertisement shared in the video This video shared on TikTok with a poster claiming that Quickmart supermarket is hiring for different roles is a HOAX. The video was captioned“#usiachwe nyuma (don’t be left behind), got your back.” Some of the roles outlined include; cashiers, chefs, drivers and cleaners among […]

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FALSE: This photo doesn’t show police officer posing as journalist during anti-governmental protests 

The image shows an African Uncensored journalist who was arrested in March 2023. This photo shared on Twitter on 20 July 2023 supposedly showing a police officer impersonating a journalist during anti-government protests in Nairobi is FALSE. The tweet reads “Plainclothes officers impersonating journalists. Stay vigilant, protesters. Journalists, expose their tactics. Know your surroundings for […]

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FALSE: This image does not show River Road, Nairobi

The image shows a road destroyed by a suspected gas explosion in Johannesburg, South Africa. This image shared on Twitter on 24 July 2023 supposedly of a destroyed road in River Road is FALSE. “Avoid River road if you can,” reads the tweet. By performing a Google reverse image search, Mtoto News established that the […]

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FALSE: This video is not of a school bus arrested with Machetes in Kiambu

  The video is of a school bus that caught fire in Kainuk, Turkana County. This Facebook post with a video claiming to show a school bus arrested in Kiambu, loaded with machetes on July 19 2023 is False. “Kiambu, a school bus loaded with Machete has been arrested by citizens on the lockout,” reads […]

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FALSE: This image isn’t of the situation on Nairobi’s Thika Superhighway during the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests

The Image was Taken in 2022, a year before the protest. This image on Facebook supposedly of the situation on Thika Superhighway, Nairobi, during the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests is FALSE. The picture is of police vehicles barricading a section of the multi-lane carriageway. Only a few vehicles are on a side road in the opposite […]

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FALSE: This image of ‘business as usual’ in a downtown Nairobi street amid 12 July 2023 protests is old.

This Image was Taken in 2019. This image on Facebook purportedly of a downtown Nairobi street teeming with activities amid the 12 July 2023 anti-government protests is FALSE. The image is of Luthuli Avenue in the Central Business District (CBD) of Kenya’s capital city with people going about their businesses. The post accompanying the image reads: “Forget […]

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HIV and AIDS is still on the rise especially to children.

Of the estimated 38.4 million people living with HIV worldwide in 2021, 2.73 million were children aged 0–19. Each day in 2021, approximately 850 children became infected with HIV and approximately 301 children died from AIDS related causes, mostly because of inadequate access to HIV prevention, care and treatment services. In 2021, around 160,000 children […]

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Msichana,15, Awaua Ndugu Zake 3 na Binamu

Maafisa wa upelelezi katika Kaunti ya Kiambu wanachunguza kisa ambapo mwanafunzi wa kidato cha kwanza anadaiwa kuwaua ndugu zake watatu na binamu yake katika muda wa mwaka mmoja uliopita. Kulingana na KBC, Mtoto huyo alipokuwa katika kituo cha Polisi cha Kikuyu, alikiri kwa wapelelezi jinsi alivyowaua ndugu zake, mmoja akiwa na umri wa miezi 15, […]

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Menstrual products should be given free to girls in schools.

 Roughly half of the female population around 26 percent of the global population are of reproductive age. This signifies an important transition to womanhood. As menstruation is a natural and healthy process for girls and women of reproductive age. It should be followed by great support of affordable menstrual products. Research done by Menstrual Hygiene […]

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Let’s create more awareness on child trafficking.

Child trafficking is when children and young people are tricked, forced or persuaded to leave their homes to be exploited and forced to work. The number of children trafficked around the world is estimated at 5.5 million as they suffer violence, exploitation and abuse which leads to forced marriage, prostitution, domestic slavery, begging and armed […]