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A video doing rounds on social media purporting to show that Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale admitting that Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential elections has been altered. The 20 seconds video, which was first posted on Tiktok shows Duale saying that he is a Muslim and he doesn’t lie. “It’s […]
A photo showing First Lady Rachel Ruto attending a church service together with controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie is fake. The fake photo which was posted by a Twitter user by the name of Rein has got over one hundred and fifty thousand views on the platform. A spot check by Sky 106 FM found out […]
A twitter post claiming that renewable energy is very expensive is false. “Renewable” energy is environmentally destructive and much more expensive than fossil fuels. The poor and middle class are going to suffer the most,” states the claim. According to a study published on September 13, 2022 in the journal Joule, a rapid transition to […]
A twitter post claiming that methane produced by cows doesn’t cause global warming is false. “Yes, the little amount of methane cows produce isn’t going to cause global warming,” states the claim. According to the University of California Davis (UC Davis), each cow produces almost 220 pounds of methane annually. Methane on its own has […]
A twitter post claiming that extreme weather events are no more frequent is false. “Extreme weather is not happening more in any way. Propaganda,” states the claim. A study published in March 2023 in the journal Nature Water indicates that there has been a sharp increase in the intensity of extreme drought and rainfall over […]
A twitter post claiming that climate change is not causing an increase in wildfires is false. “False. There is no anthropogenic climate change causing an increase in wildfires. #ClimateScam,” states the claim. Wildfires are unplanned fires that burn in forests, grasslands and other ecosystems, and they can start with either a natural event or as […]
A twitter post claiming that electric cars are more harmful to the environment compared to conventional cars is false. ”Electric cars are more harmful to the environment than conventional cars,” states the claim. According to research by the International Council on Clean Transportation, electric cars are better for the environment due to the fact that […]
A twitter post claiming that water vapor causes global warming is false. “Yes, but it produces 100x less hydrogen per dollar of cost than breaking down coal to get the hydrogen. Clean coal is now, as it has been for centuries the least costly way to produce clean energy. But using hydrogen produces water vapor […]
An artificial intelligence (AI) tool generated a Photo purporting to show Wikileaks founder Julian Assange looking physically unwell in Belmarsh prison. The AI image, which has been shared widely on social media shows a close up of Assange wearing a white cloth, eyes closed, long hair and red patches on his face. “Absolutely horrifying image […]
A video of South African politician and the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema asking Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga to move on from the 2022 general elections is old. This emerged after the opposition embarked on a series of anti-government protests to compel the Kenya Kwanza to agree to their demands. In […]
