No, Ruto did not congratulate Raila for being elected President of Kenya

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Ruto congratulates Raila for being elected as the President of the Republic 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 reviewed DP Ruto’s official social media account and did not find the existence of such post. The last congratulatory message he sent was on August 13, 2022 to his coalition’s leaders who won seats in the August 9th General Election.

In addition, the IEBC has not declared the presidential winner in the 2022 general election.

The tweet was created using Fake Tweet Creator Post, a Google Play app.

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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

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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

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