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

Claim

Image of President-elect William Ruto’s motorcade

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 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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Outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s motorcade departing State House

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