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The outlets termed the graphics fake.
These digital cards here on X alleging that Kenyan media outlets Citizen and NTV reported that FORD Foundation is sponsoring demonstrations in Kenya are FAKE.
One of the digital cards accompanies a post that reads “:Boniface Mwangi, Kivutha Kibwana, and Former CJ Dr. Willy Mutunga have been put on the spotlight by Ford Foundation for misusing funds meant for enhancing community engagement by sponsoring violent protests in Kenya”
CITIZEN AND NTV FAKE DIGITAL CARDS
The graphics were published after President William Ruto cited on Monday, July 15th, 2024, that the US-based NGO was the main sponsor of the protests.
However, the protests led to the spread of false information through social media. There’s also no evidence that FORD funded the activists or summoned them to account for the funds.
Subsequently, an investigation by Woman Kenya Network shows that the graphics circulating online are fake. The purported Citizen digital card under scrutiny differs from an original Citizen digital card. The card lacks consistent punctuation compared to the original Citizen digital cards. The fake graphic also uses a different colour scheme from the original.
FAKE VS ORIGINAL CITIZEN DIGITAL CARD
Similarly, comparing the purported NTV graphic and an original digital card published by the media outlet the fake graphic is blurry and uses a different date format, unlike the legitimate ones seen here and here.
FAKE VS ORIGINAL NTV DIGITAL CARD
The fake circulating graphics are also missing out on Nation and Citizen Tv verified social media platforms. Further, both Citizen Digital and NTV flagged the two graphics as FAKE. FORD also refuted claims that it is funding the ongoing protests in a statement published on its website on Monday, July 15th, 2024.
WOKN has established that digital cards on X on alleging that Kenyan media outlets Citizen and NTV reported that FORD Foundation is sponsoring ongoing demonstrations in Kenya are FAKE.
This fact-check was written by Woman Kenya Network fact-checker Priscilla Wairimu Kimani and edited by Woman Kenya Project Lead, Shadrack Agamira.
This fact-check was produced by Woman Kenya Network, under the African Fact-Checking Incubator programme, with support from PesaCheck, Code for Africa’s fact-checking initiative, and the African Fact-Checking Alliance(AFCA).
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