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  • 2022-02-21 (xsd:date)
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  • Photos show attack on Kenyan police officer in 2017, and not supporters of Raila Odinga’s newest coalition (en)
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  • A Facebook user shared photos on 5 February 2022, claiming they showed supporters of Azimio la Umoja , a coalition of political parties, attacking a security officer. The photos are captioned in Kiswahili: Azimio la mawe wakishambulia polisi ... This is the Kenya we are waiting ... This roughly translates to: Azimio stonethrowers attack police. This is the Kenya we are waiting for. Azimio la Umoja , Kiswahili for declaration of unity, is headed by former prime minister and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader Raila Odinga , who is running for president in the August 2022 elections. The photos show men in orange ODM t-shirts, who appear to be assaulting someone in fatigues. But are they Azimio la Umoja supporters attacking a security officer? We checked. Photos from 2017 A reverse image search of one of the photos reveals it was published online as early as 28 June 2017. A news outlet published the photos in an article about a clash between supporters of Cornel Rasanga and Nicholas Gumbo, who were running for governor of Siaya county in southwestern Kenya. The article said: A police officer was caught in the middle as supporters of Gumbo and Rasanga clashed in Rarieda constituency over the past weekend. Other Kenyan media outlets also reported on the event . The Azimio la Umoja coalition was formed in 2021 – it did not exist in 2017. The men pictured may have been supporters of the ODM and Raila Odinga, but the photos are not newsworthy in 2022. (en)
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