No, the image is not of President-elect William Ruto’s motorcade. - iVerify Kenya

No, the image is not of President-elect William Ruto’s motorcade.

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The motorcade image is from December 12, 2021, when Kenya’s outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta was leaving State House in Nairobi for Uhuru Gardens, where the Head of State led the nation in commemorating the 57th Jamhuri Day.

12th of December, 2021 Jamhuri Day marked 57 years since Kenya became a republic on December 12, 1964.

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Verified Aug, 22 2022

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Image of President-elect William Ruto’s motorcade

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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 conducted a reverse image search and discovered that it was shared by State House Kenya’s on its official Twitter account on December 12, 2021, when outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s motorcade, accompanied by outgoing First Lady Margaret Kenyatta, departed State House, Nairobi for Uhuru Gardens, where he led the nation in marking the 57th Jamhuri Day celebrations.

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