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IN SHORT : Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga is respected for his contribution to democracy. A major TV station would be unlikely to dismiss him as a Bondo resident – and it didn’t. The screengrab of a broadcast has been altered. A screengrab posted on Facebook appears to show a TV broadcast with Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on the screen. Text at the bottom of the screen (the chyron) identifies him as Raila Odinga Mkaazi, Bondo. This translates as Raila Odinga, resident of Bondo. The screengrab has the logo of Citizen TV, Kenya’s most popular TV station, and the words NIPASHE on the bottom left side of the screen. Citizen TV’s main 7 pm bulletin is Citizen Nipashe . The Kiswahili word Nipashe means inform me. Odinga comes from Bondo , a town in Kenya’s western Siaya county . He lost the August 2022 presidential election to William Ruto by a close margin: 7,176,141 votes to 6,942,930. Odinga also lost his challenge to the result. Odinga wears many hats . He headed the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya election coalition, and is also the assumed leader of the opposition. He was prime minister from 2008 to 2013, and represented Nairobi’s Lang’ata constituency in parliament from 1993 to 2013. He is renowned for his decades-long struggle to deepen democracy in Kenya. Odinga is also the African Union high representative for infrastructure development in Africa. Given his achievements, many people would not take kindly to a media house with wide reach identifying him only as a resident of Bondo. The screengrab has also been posted here , here , here , here , and here . But did Citizen TV really dismiss Odinga in this way? We checked. Doctored screengrab A Google reverse image search of the screengrab led us to the Citizen Nipashe news segment for 3 November 2022 . At about the 7:15 mark in the broadcast , a chyron under a video of Odinga appears . It reads : RAILA ODINGA KINARA, AZIMIO LA UMOJA. This translates Raila Odinga, captain of Azimio La Umoja. The broadcast captured Odinga speaking at a press conference where he opposed Ruto’s proposal to maximise tax collection and raise individual Kenyans’ contributions to the National Social Security Fund . Odinga said the increase would put an additional burden on Kenyans who are already struggling to afford basic goods. The chyron has been altered.
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