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Grace Gichuhi

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No, Kenya’s Star newspaper didn’t publish story about news anchor being quarantined due to a newsroom STD outbreak

An unnamed senior anchor at Kenyan news channel KTN News has been quarantined after an outbreak of syphilis in the newsroom. That’s the claim in what appears to be an image of the print version of a popular political gossip column in the Star newspaper. It goes on to claim that the station is c...

No, Kenyan governor Fatuma Achani is not offering loans on Facebook – don’t be fooled by fake accounts

The Facebook accounts Hon Fatuma Achani loans., Hon Fatuma Achani School fee’s loans and Fatuma Achani are advertising loans to Kenyans. The accounts use the name and photos of Fatuma Achani, the governor of Kwale county, which is 50 kilometres from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. Achani was swo...

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