welcome
Fact Check

Fact Check

World

World

Doctored clip falsely claims Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta announced new bid for presidency

Fact Check
Summary
Nutrition label

74% Informative

A post was shared on TikTok claiming to show Uhuru Kenyatta announcing he would be running for president again.

The clip, shared more than 2,000 times, shows the former leader addressing the nation after the Supreme Court upheld the victory of his successor.

AFP Fact Check analysed the audio from the TikTok clip with InVID-WeVerify's audio detection tool.

The results suggested strong evidence of voice cloning.