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President William Ruto has tied his economic legacy to building Kenya without new debt or taxes. But some of the figures used by minister John Mbadi to defend the controversial plan are flawed. The ...

IN SHORT: A document doing the rounds on social media in Kenya claims that the president’s aide Farouk Kibet is “wanted” and under investigation by Kenya’s crime investigation unit. But this document ...

IN SHORT: As the case involving self-proclaimed Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie and the Shakahola forest cult-related deaths continues, graphics claiming he has linked president Ruto to the deaths have ...

IN SHORT: Claims that a South African student received a payment of more than R600,000 from the country’s higher education financial aid scheme have been making the rounds on Facebook. But Nsfas says ...

IN SHORT: Social media posts claim South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has committed troops to support the US’s attacks on Iran. The posts may, in some instances, have been intended as jokes but ...

IN SHORT: Viral social media posts claim that the governor of Kenya’s Nairobi county was pelted with stones at the popular Toi market after a 2026 fire. But this is misleading because the video being ...

IN SHORT: Graphics posted on social media quoted the Kenyan lawmaker as saying he was “arrested by dirty imperial forces”. However, this is not true. “I have been arrested by dirty imperial forces.