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Lazy bunch: Fools' Day pranks show how fast fabricated stories can travel

Former U.S. President Barack Obama holds the ball at the launch of Sauti Kuu resource centre n in Siaya county, in July 2018. [Reuters]

On April 1, The Standard newspaper ran a story announcing that former US President Barack Obama would be resettling in Kenya in June for at least a year in a new diplomatic role.

It was a Fools' Day prank and we indicated that promptly, shortly after midday.

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