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Ahead of the Kenyan general election set for 9 August 2022, politicians in the country are holding rallies, with large crowds seen as proof of popularity. On 29 May, a day after deputy president William Ruto ’s visit to Narok county , west of the capital Nairobi, a photo of a large crowd was posted on Facebook. Ruto in Narok yesterday ... team UDA, read the caption to the photo, which a number of other Facebook users reposted. Ruto is the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) presidential candidate in the elections. But does this photo of a crowd wearing yellow show Ruto supporters? We checked. Photo old, unrelated A reverse image search of the photo using Tineye revealed that the photo was more than eight years old. The photo was previously published here , here and here . Although these photos aren’t captioned, the articles or blog posts where they appear are about football, not Kenyan political rallies. A further search led to a similar photo published on an online shop based in Germany. The caption in German reads: Aufnahme der vollbesetzten Südtribüne beim Spiel Borussia Dortmund - Hamburger SV am ersten Bundesliga-Spieltag der Saison 2011/12 (Endstand: 3:1). This translates to: Photo of the packed south stand during the Borussia Dortmund-Hamburger SV game on the first Bundesliga match day of the 2011/12 season (Final score: 3:1). Borussia Dortmund and Hamburger SV are professional football clubs in the top German league, or Bundesliga . Dortmund’s team colour is yellow. The picture has been credited to photographer Reinaldo Coddou H and was taken on 6 August 2011. The photo has nothing to do with Ruto’s May 2022 rally in Narok.
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