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Kenya paid influencers to sway debate on Pandora leaks - report

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Chief of Defence Forces General Robert Kibochi when he arrived at the Moi Barracks Recruits Training School in Eldoret for this year's Kenya Defence Forces passing-out parade ceremony. [Standard]

Digital influencers were paid to prop up propaganda and misinformation in online public debates online, following the release of the Pandora Papers last month.

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