I found something interesting in IVerify: No, the photomontage presenting Raila as the face of violence is fabricated and constitutes an attack on his identity

Claim

An image is circulating on Twitter branding Raila Odinga as the face of violence. The alleged photomontage shared by Itumbi brands Raila Odinga and Azimio as equivalent to violence.

Rating Justification

The IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is fabricated & False.

To arrive to this conclusion, the IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process:

We did a reverse image search which led to the original post on Twitter by Dennis Itumbi-Hustler Nation Spokesman claiming that Raila Odinga is the brand of Violence in Kenya.

Further image search on the photos from the montage shows a man with a waved a cross-like sign inscribed with the words “Raila baba, Raila mwana, Raila Roho mtakatifu,” which translates to Raila the father, Raila the son, Raila the Holy Spirit was from the 2017 post-election riots. The riots followed the declaration of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner.

The is also Raila Odinga’s photo watermarked in the montage to insinuate that he is behind all the violent scenes in the photo.

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True

The claim is rigorous and the content is demonstrably true.

Half True

The statement is correct, although it needs clarification additional information or context.

Unproven

Evidence publicly available neither proves nor disproves the claim. More research is needed.

Misleading

The statement contains correct data, but ignores very important elements or is mixed with incorrect data giving a different, inaccurate or false impression.

False

The claim is inaccurate according to the best evidence publicly available at this time.

Retraction

Upon further investigation of the claim, a different conclusion was determined leading to the removal of the initial determination.

Toxic

A rude, disrespectful, or unreasonable comment that is somewhat likely to make you leave a discussion or give up on sharing your perspective. Based on algorithmic detection of issues around toxicity, obscenity, threats, insults, and hate speech;

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