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  • 2021-11-22 (xsd:date)
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  • No, Moi didn’t ‘elect’ Ruto as ‘youths leader’ in 1991. Photo shows former Kenyan president with football star Peter Dawo (en)
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  • As Kenya approaches its August 2022 general election, old photos are appearing online – with dodgy claims. Africa Check has already debunked a photo circulating on Facebook that users said showed Raila Odinga, as a child, refusing in 1952 to give flowers to the UK’s Princess Elizabeth – today’s Queen Elizabeth. Odinga, Kenya’s former prime minister and a longtime opposition leader, is expected to run in the 2022 election. A photo more recently posted on a political Facebook group shows Kenya’s second president, Daniel arap Moi, pointing a finger in conversation with a tall, tracksuit-clad man. Moi ruled for almost a quarter of a century , from 1978 to 2002. He died in February 2020. The caption reads : Moi elect Ruto 1991 youths leader. This suggests that the man in the tracksuit is William Ruto, today Kenya’s deputy president . Ruto is also expected to run for the presidency in 2022. Does the photo show Moi electing a younger Ruto, back in 1991? Moi with Dawo before pivotal match in 1987 A reverse image search reveals that the man in the tracksuit is Kenya’s renowned international footballer Peter Dawo . According to an October 2019 article by veteran sports writer Roy Gachuhi , the photo shows Moi speaking to Dawo before his team, Gor Mahia , met Esperance of Tunisia in the 1987 Africa Cup Winners Cup final return match, which they won . The photo doesn’t show Daniel arap Moi electing William Ruto as youths leader in 1991. It’s Moi with footballer Peter Dawo, in 1987. (en)
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