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Fake: Viral graphic quoting Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga saying 'I love demons' is fake – original quote edited IN SHORT: Fake media graphics are increasingly circulating on Kenyan social media platforms. A graphic quoting opposition leader Raila Odinga saying he loves demons is one example. A graphic circulating on Facebook in May 2023 attributes a quote to Raila Odinga , the leader of th (Source: Africa Check)

Fake: No, Kenya's Nation newspaper didn't quote opposition leader Kalonzo Musyoka as breaking ranks with Azimio coalition leader Raila Odinga IN SHORT : Musyoka has backed Odinga's bid for the presidency in Kenya's last three elections. But a graphic suggesting he is now eyeing the top job for himself in 2027 is fake. A graphic with the logo of Kenyan news site Nation, attributing a quote to the leader of the Wiper Dem (Source: Africa Check)

Fake: X-ray shows cockroach in Kenyan patient's chest? No, old hoax – the original image has been online since 2010 IN SHORT: Viral social media posts claiming an X-ray shows a cockroach in the chest of a Kenyan patient are a version of an old hoax from 2012. An X-ray image of what appears to be a giant cockroach inside a human chest has been shared on social media in Kenya. It's been posted w (Source: Africa Check)

Partly False: A video shows people protesting Imran Khan's 9 May arrest in front of Nawaz Sharif's house in London. Following the arrest of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on 9 May a number of Facebook and Twitter posts claimed a video showed people protesting his arrest outside the London home of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. One of the Facebook posts , shared on  (Source: Full Fact)

Half-True: "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country." Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has for years argued that prescription drug prices in the United States are too high and claimed in this interview that the prices Americans pay are sometimes 10 times what people in other countries pay.Studies we examined generally found that U.S. prices were approximately two to four times higher than those in other countries, not 10.Insulin prices seem to be an exception. In some studies, insulin prices in the United States were at least 10 times those in other countries. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: New Canadian passport design represents seasons, not Pride flag (Editor’s note: This article contains profanity) The new Canadian passport design does not include a rainbow Pride flag. Posts online sharing screenshots of the inside front cover of the new passport design criticize it for allegedly representing a pride flag, but the colors do n (Source: Reuters)