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TanzaniaClaim_False

Photo taken in Kenya during 2024 protests, not in Tanzania during 2025 post-election demonstrations

KodiaClaim_MContext

Missing context

No, police did not raid Kenyan bishop’s home after sermon at Raila Odinga’s funeral

KenyaClaim_False

No, Kenya’s deputy police chief not dead

ICCClaim_False

international criminal court

Ignore claims that International Criminal Court is probing post-election deaths in Tanzania

KenyaIDChips_False

Old false claim resurfaces: Kenyan government not planning to implant microchips in newborn babies

SangClaim_Fake

Ignore fake graphic claiming Kenyan governor Stephen Sang will be arrested for misappropriation of funds

UgandaExams_False

Photo claiming to show Ugandan pupils writing exams seated on the ground was taken in South Sudan

KenyaDocument_Fake

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission

Memo requesting Kenya’s anti-corruption agency vet four new cabinet nominees fake, should be ignored

BesigyeClaim_False

No, Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye remains in detention on treason charges despite posts claiming his release from prison

StandardMatiang’i_Fake

Standard newspaper

Fred Matiang’i

Kenya’s Standard newspaper didn’t call politician Fred Matiang’i ‘barbarian’ or ‘unrepentant’ – viral front pages fabricated

TrumpOdinga_False

Ignore manipulated video of US president Trump mourning late Kenyan politician Odinga

UgandaClaim_False

Ugandan president Museveni hasn’t suspended election campaign to travel to UK for eye surgery