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ALTERED: This Taifa Leo newspaper front page dated 6 October 2021 is doctored

On 6 October 2021, Taifa Leo shared a different newspaper front page on their official Facebook page.

Syndicated Story by Pesa Check.

This Facebook post carrying the purported image of a Taifa Leo newspaper front page dated 6 October 2021, has been ALTERED.

The fake cover’s main headline reads “Azimio ya majambazi, wezi sugu”, translating, “resolution of bandits, hardcore thieves”.

The sub-headline reads, “Familia za Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki na Daniel Moi zaunga azimio lake la 2022”. This translates, “The families of Jomo Kenyatta, Mwai Kibaki and Daniel Moi support his 2022 resolution”.

The lead image is of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and is placed next to the main headline. Other smaller images of President Uhuru Kenyatta, Baringo County Senator Gideon Moi and Jimmy Kibaki are placed next to Odinga’s photo.

To verify the authenticity of the newspaper cover, PesaCheck searched using the keywords “Taifa Leo e-paper 6 October 2021” and found the original front page of the day’s edition.

The original newspaper cover has a different headline from what we are fact-checking. The main headline reads “Watoto wa marais wakwama na Raila”, meaning, “Presidents’ children stick with Raila”.

The original 6 October 2021, Taifa Leo newspaper front page. [Source: Taifa Leo/Facebook]

However, everything else on the original newspaper cover is the same as the fake one. This includes the underlined sub-headline above the main headline and the photos of Odinga, Kenyatta, Gideon Moi and Jimmy Kibaki.

A photo grid of the legitimate 6 October 2021 Taifa Leo Newspaper front page versus the altered one.

On 15 October 2021, PesaCheck debunked another altered version of the 6 October 2021, Taifa Leo newspaper front page.

PesaCheck has looked into a Facebook post with an image of a Taifa Leo newspaper front page dated 6 October 2021 and finds it to be ALTERED.

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.

Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.

This fact-check was written by PesaCheck fact-checker Naomi Wanjiku and edited by PesaCheck chief copy editor Rose Lukalo. The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Enock Nyariki.

PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org.

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Kamadi Amata
Kamadi Amatahttps://mtaaniradio.or.ke
I am a digital content creator with niche in Health, politics, and Human Interest Features.
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