Alphonce Shiundu
Freelance Journalist and Kenya Editor at Africa Check
KE Editor @AfricaCheck | Writer| Editor| Politics & the Legislature| Fellow, Narconews' SAJ| ProFellow @exchangealumni| #YALIRLCEA| #IamChevening #OSINT
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Jan 20, 2025 |
africacheck.org | Alphonce Shiundu
Kenya will see a number of national campaigns and events in 2025, many of which are already causing controversy and muddying public debate. These are accompanied by a great deal of disinformation and viral falsehoods, as is typical of polarising events. We flag five topics to watch out for. 1.
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Dec 19, 2024 |
africacheck.org | Alphonce Shiundu
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. 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.
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Aug 26, 2024 |
allafrica.com | Alphonce Shiundu
Beware of this fabricated 'kissing video' targeting Kenyan president William Ruto and defence minister Soipan Tuya in a sexist smear campaign IN SHORT: A fake video falsely showing Kenyan president William Ruto "kissing" newly appointed defence minister Soipan Tuya has surfaced, fueling a vicious smear campaign since Tuya's rise to the powerful ministry.
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Aug 25, 2024 |
africacheck.org | Alphonce Shiundu
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. 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.
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Jul 12, 2024 |
allafrica.com | Alphonce Shiundu
#RwandaDecides: Three things Africa Check is learning about facts, elections, and journalism in RwandaIt's not every day that media players in Rwanda seek out Africa Check's expertise to help them do hard-nosed fact-checking journalism, especially with the elections around the corner.
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Sometimes, you stumble on very interesting (and not-so-nice) data. So apparently, 2.3 million Kenyans don’t have national IDs, and most of them (1.9 million or 82%) are aged 18 to 25. They are old enough to struggle but not old enough to exist on paper? https://t.co/hddZ70VMm2
RT @MSSHFoundation: We have received with great sorrow the news of the passing of Pheroze Nowrojee, one of the lawyers who courageously vol…
Kenyan leaders throw big tea party, but don’t serve the facts. President William Ruto, his deputy Kithure Kindiki, and CS Mutahi Kagwe have each told rich tales about tea earnings. But the government's own receipts show they got a lot of it wrong. https://t.co/92M4I0krGo
