No, DP Ruto has not been sworn in as Kenya’s fifth President. - iVerify Kenya

No, DP Ruto has not been sworn in as Kenya’s fifth President.

Misleading

The video is manipulated because it was taken on November 28, 2017, when William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s Deputy President during his second term alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta.

According to Wafula Chebukati, the electoral commission’s Chair during his address on August 10, 2022 indicated that official results of the presidential race may not be available for several days.

He said that the commission had received 97% of presidential results sent in electronically, but official tallying would not begin until the physical results were received for verification.

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Verified Aug, 11 2022

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Deputy President William Ruto sworn in as the fifth President of Kenya

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We discovered a video of Deputy President William Ruto being sworn in for his second term on Nation’s YouTube channel on November, 28, 2017. Further the electoral commission has not concluded the vote tallying and no one has been declared president.

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