Image showing a donation claimed to be by Kenyan Deputy President Ruto.
The image shows what appears to be bags of grain and oil containers among other food items arranged in rows that stretch over a large sandy area., The post, which praises Mr Ruto for his philanthropic gesture, does not, however, say when or where he made the donation., However, a reverse image search shows that the image was taken in The Gambia and is among other photos of the same donation taken from different angles and uploaded to Facebook in May 2019., The post describes the food packages as having been donated by a wealthy individual and were to be distributed during the holy month of Ramadan. There is, however, no mention of how much the donation cost., Additionally, a search on the deputy president’s Facebook and Twitter accounts does not show the photos of the donation claimed to be from him., PesaCheck has looked into an image of a donation claimed to be by DP Ruto 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 Simon Muli and edited by 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., 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: This image of food donation claimed to be by DP Ruto is from The Gambia