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Fake news by bloggers could mess Kenya’s 2017 elections

NASA principals in Bomas of Kenya

A good case study of what fake news dissemination can achieve was seen in the Busia County nominations — where the front page of a local newspaper was ‘manipulated’ to proclaim the defection of Dr Paul Otuoma from ODM to Jubilee Party. This happened the very day ODM held nominations for the gubernatorial race in the county.

And with the trend fast taking root in Kenya, the credibility and integrity of the coming General Election is at stake — unless mechanisms are put in place to deal with dissemination of inaccurate information for public consumption.

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