The original image does not show the journalist holding a document with the word “Loans” written on the cover.
An image in which President Uhuru Kenyatta poses with Kimberley Leonard, a Sky News anchor, with the journalist holding a document with the word “Loans” on its cover is ALTERED.
The post was shared on Twitter as the Kenyan President began a three-day visit to the UK on 27 July 2021 at the invitation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The original photo, according to a reverse image search, is a tweet by Kenya’s High Commissioner to the UK, Manoah Esipisu.
The tweet contains the image in question and another of President Kenyatta in an interview with BBC’s Sophie Ikenye.
Esipisu’s tweet indicates the president was interviewed by both the BBC and Sky News on the final day of his UK visit.
The original image of the president and Leonard posing in a photo does not show the Sky News anchor holding documents whose cover has the word “Loans”.
PesaCheck has looked into the image claiming to show President Uhuru Kenyatta and Sky News anchor, Kimberley Leonard, with the journalist holding a document with the word “Loans” written on the cover, and finds it to be ALTERED.
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This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Simon Muli and edited by PesaCheck Chief Copy Editor Rose Lukalo.
The article was approved for publication by Managing Editor Enock Nyariki.
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