The leftist Vice-President was variously accused of plotting with foreign powers to undermine and overthrow the government. FAKE NEWSClearly the fake news phenomenon did not start with the advent of social media or with the 2016 American presidential election that swept Donald Trump into the White House. ACTIVISMThe system spread fake news that the bombings were the work of a hitherto unknown ‘Maskini Liberation Front’. The inference was clear: JM was the voice of the masikini, the poor and downtrodden, so the bombs must be his handiwork! MOI'S ERAJomo Kenyatta’s successor, Daniel arap Moi, was also adept at the dark arts of fake news around coup plots and subversion.

Source: Daily Nation October 23, 2017 21:26 UTC