A claim emerged online claiming that Migori County had allocated 4.1 million for the purchase of coffins in the 2020/21 financial year.

A search on the claim revealed 39,600 results of the claim shared on various platforms.

Our team has established that the Budget and Appropriation Committee endorsed the proposal with the chairperson of the committee Thomas Akungo defending the allocations stating that the money is not just meant to buy coffins but also to support the affected.

This story was produced by Stella Yamumo at Mtaani newsroom in partnership with Code for Africa’s iLAB data journalism program me, with support from Deutsche Welle Akademie’.’