Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has donated 58 million shillings for COVID-19 response.
The post was published on the Kenya Political Forum Facebook Page on March 24, and states that Governor Sonko’s donation will be used to buy food for the poor and homeless who have observed the government’s rules on quarantine. The money would also allegedly be used to settle hospital bills for people who have been affected by the coronavirus infections., However, the post does not indicate who the alleged KES58 million was donated to, and it has not been mentioned on the governor’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, all of which are verified., The Nairobi City County Communication department has also denied the claim, telling PesaCheck that the governor has not made any such donation, and that the claim is false., Moreover, the post on the Kenya Political Forum page uses images from Governor Sonko’s Facebook page during an event to flag off donations to Turkana County in 2019., PesaCheck has looked into the claim that Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has donated KES58 million to fight COVID-19 and finds it to be FALSE., 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 news 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 Fact-Checker Linda Ngari. It was edited by PesaCheck Deputy Editor Enock Nyariki and was approved for publication by PesaCheck Managing Editor Eric Mugendi., 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., PesaCheck is a joint initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with additional funding support from the International Budget Partnership (Kenya) and Twaweza, in partnership with a coalition of local media organisations, and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)., Written by, Written by
FALSE: Governor Mike Sonko has not donated 58 million shillings to help fight COVID-19