The “public notice” is dated 27 August 2020. It says five staff members have been “confirmed positive” for Covid-19 and therefore “management has decided to shut down all DFCU Bank branches in Kampala as a precautionary measure to all our customers and clients to mitigate the risk of further infection”.
The notice looks official and is signed “Management”. But was it really issued by DFCU Bank?
‘Fake notice’
On the same day, the DFCU Bank dismissed the claim on Twitter and urged the public to “disregard the fake notice and treat it with the contempt it deserves”.
This fake notice is clearly intended to cause a sense of alarm among our customers, stakeholders and the public. We urge you to disregard the fake notice and treat it with the contempt it deserves. pic.twitter.com/cp9Z7QBarf
— dfcu Bank (@dfcugroup) August 27, 2020
The bank wrote the notice was “clearly intended to cause a sense of alarm among our customers, stakeholders and the public”.
Only the Lugogo branch of the bank was closed on 26 August, after five staff members tested positive for Covid-19. The branch reopened on 2 September. – Grace Gichuhi
For publishers: what to do if your post is rated false
A fact-checker has rated your Facebook or Instagram post as “false”, “altered”, “partly false” or “missing context”. This could have serious consequences. What do you do?
Click on our guide for the steps you should follow.
Publishers guideAfrica Check teams up with Facebook
Africa Check is a partner in Meta's third-party fact-checking programme to help stop the spread of false information on social media.
The content we rate as “false” will be downgraded on Facebook and Instagram. This means fewer people will see it.
You can also help identify false information on Facebook. This guide explains how.
Further Reading
Debating the state of South Africa: did members of parliament get their facts straight?
Was there a 64% drop in gender-based violence in 2020? Will half of grade 1 pupils never make it to their school-leaving exams? We check the...
State of emergency would NOT strip Ramaphosa’s powers and make Dlamini-Zuma president
A state of emergency would give the president more power, and he would retain control of the military.
Add new comment