Two years after Kenyan President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua were voted into office, local media and politicians have been speculating about a spat between the pair. While the men have denied quarrelling, social media posts circulated a video of Gachagua allegedly admitting to problems with Ruto.
However, AFP Fact Check found the video is old and has been edited. The original footage was taken before Gachagua became Ruto’s deputy and shows him talking about his squabbles with former president Uhuru Kenyatta.The clip has been viewed more than two million times and shows Gachagua addressing a crowd through the roof of a car. He purportedly accuses Ruto of ostracising him.
The post features several pictures. According to the caption, they were taken when Ruto and Gachagua opened a road in Bomet county in the Rift Valley region. Although the camera angles are slightly different, the footage in the misleading video was taken at the official road opening in March that both Ruto and Gachagua attended.Many of those at the political rally were wearing yellow, the colour of Ruto and Gachagua’s political party, the United Democratic Alliance .
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