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Fake news that topped 2021 headlines

Some of the fake news stories that went viral in 2021 include that of the alleged death of Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the struggles of single mother Shirleen Mukami.

Fake News can easily proliferate, particularly when it evokes an emotion, or in times of political turbulence.

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