No, Igathe has not been reappointed as Equity Group’s Chief Commercial Officer.

Claim

Polycarp Igathe re-appointed as the Chief Commercial Officer of Equity Bank.

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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 called the former deputy governor on August 24, 2022 and he dismissed the claims as false.

We also discovered a statement on Equity Bank’s website indicating that Igathe re-joined the Equity Executive team on March 16, 2020 as the Group Chief Commercial Officer reporting to the Group CEO.

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