No, the image depicting IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati as a UDA sympathizer is false

Claim

An image depicting IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati as UDA sympathizer (‘Wafula Cheburuto’ & UDA pin)

Rating Justification

The IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and
established that it is False.
To arrive to this conclusion, the IVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the
following process:
We did a reserve image of the photo and found out that the original photo, which did have the United Democratic Alliance party logo, was used by Kenya News Agency in one of their stories on January 22 2022. The story was about Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commencing the registration of diaspora voters

Evidence and References

Kenya News Agency used the photo in one of their stories

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True

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False

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No, the image depicting IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati as a UDA sympathizer is false

The original photo that was used by Kenya News Agency on January 22 2022 has no UDA party logo

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