FAKE: This digital card quoting the registrar of political parties is not from Kenyans.co.ke

Both the publication and ORPP have disowned the card.

This digital card on Facebook, purportedly from Kenyans.co.ke quoting the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu, is FAKE.

The card, dated 6 September 2024, features Nderitu’s image and a quote reading: “UDA Party used the wrong party constitution to oust Cleophas Malala as Secretary General.”

The graphic was shared a month after Malala was ousted from his position as the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party secretary general, a position he has held since February 2023.

The graphic was also shared here.

While announcing Malala’s dismissal, the UDA party said its National Executive Council (NEC) made the decision after deliberations as provided for under Article 8.2 of the party’s constitution.

Malala was replaced by Hassan Omar, who was the party’s vice chairperson. Omar’s interim appointment was confirmed by the Office of Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP).

A review of the online publisher’s Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter) account reveals that the outlet did not publish the alleged graphic.

PesaCheck also contacted Brian Muuo, the head of social media at Kenyans.co.ke, who termed the graphic fake.

Further, PesaCheck reviewed the ORPP’s official Facebook page and X account, but there was no such communication.

On 8 September 2024, ORPP flagged the graphic as fake.

PesaCheck examined a digital card on Facebook purportedly from Kenyans.co.ke with a quote attributed to the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu and found it to be FAKE.

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 Rodgers Omondi and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya and chief copy editor Stephen Ndegwa.

The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck managing editor Doreen Wainainah.

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.