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  • 2020-03-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Three months’ free rent in Kenya during Covid-19 crisis? No, announcement fake (en)
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  • In Kenya, it will be 3 months rent free cuz of Covid-19, claims a post on a Nigerian Facebook page. It adds: Nigeria? An official-looking document attached to the 19 March 2020 post, headed GOVERNMENT OF KENYA, is addressed to all landlords and landladies in Kenya. It reads : We regrettably wish to inform all of you that due to corana virus pandemic which had affect daily normal routine allover country. We kindly urge you not to collect rent money from your tenants for the next 90days (3 months). N/B: Failure to this, government will take over your apartment(s) or you will be sentenced to jail for 70 years or both action will be taken. Kenya’s government would be unlikely to issue a badly written document that misspells coronavirus. That’s one sign of a hoax. But have there been any official announcements of free rent in Kenya during the coronavirus crisis? Document not official, not from health ministry Kenya’s coat of arms appears on all official government communications. It can be seen on this press statement from the interior ministry, and on the health ministry’s verified Twitter account . The document on Facebook doesn’t carry the coat of arms. It only shows the shield symbol of Kenya’s flag, which is just one part of the coat of arms. The health ministry is responsible for slowing the spread of the new coronavirus . It issues regular updates about the virus, but has not made any statements about suspending rent payments. ‘Fake’, says government spokesperson The notice is signed by a Dr Abashiwili. Official documents usually indicate the full name and title of the responsible government officer. We could find no reference to or record of a Dr Abashiwili in the Kenyan government. Africa Check asked Kenyan government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna about the document. It was fake, he said. If it was a legitimate document from a government department, it would be signed by a minister, or a specific officer of a government department. Nigerians hoping for a rent reprieve shouldn’t look to Kenya for inspiration. – Jennifer Ojugbeli (en)
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