TONY KARUMBA / AFP Polycarp Igathe GDP Nairobi Elections Kenya Election Spot Check Nairobi governor hopeful Polycarp Igathe recycles wrong claim about Kenyan capital’s share of national GDP
gachagua Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Kenyan MP Gachagua waving at rival politician Odinga’s convoy? No, photo of former president’s funeral cortege
bomet Elections Kenya Election Meta Check No, video of protest taken in Indonesia, not Bomet county in Kenya
Elections machakos Kenya Election Meta Check Beware of fake opinion poll on governor race in Kenya’s Machakos county
William Ruto Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Kenyan deputy president Ruto and son in love triangle? No, Nairobian front page fake
Kibaki Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Kenyan deputy president grinning next to body of late president Kibaki? No, image altered
Polycarp Igathe Elections Kenya Election Meta Check No, Kenyan politician Igathe hasn’t written to president Kenyatta seeking to withdraw from Nairobi governor’s race – graphic fake
William Ruto mudavadi Elections Kenya Election Meta Check No, photo taken in 1965 – doesn’t show Kenyan politicians Ruto and Mudavadi at State House party in 1990s
empowerment fund youth Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Youth empowerment grant from Kenyan deputy president Ruto? No, it’s a scam
William Ruto Elections Kenya Election Meta Check ‘Tree cutting activity’ to prevent suicide at presidential candidate Ruto’s home ahead of elections? No, NTV Kenya screenshot fake
Wiper party Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Photo of Wiper party leader meeting Kenya’s deputy president is from 2018, not 2022
waruguru Ruto Elections Kenya Election Meta Check Politician Waruguru lashes out at Kenyan deputy president Ruto after losing in UDA party nominations? No, video old and unrelated