“This report on Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is fake,” CNN International PR tweeted. There is also the Real Raila series that includes a website, sponsored social media posts and prominent Google search placements. Even repeated attempts to get in front of the tall tales in interviews and social media were not enough to repair the damage. There are political party and presidential campaign surrogates, employees, as well as contractors, whose sole job it is to deceive Kenyans. I came up in the social media generation so it seems oddly fitting that this is the election that could be decided by fake news.

Source: Daily Nation August 01, 2017 16:41 UTC