No, Interior CS Matiang’i is not in the United States to join the UN. - iVerify Kenya

No, Interior CS Matiang’i is not in the United States to join the UN.

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On September 8, 2022, Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i gazetted September 13 as a national holiday to commemorate President-elect William Ruto’s inauguration.

We called the CS’s office, which confirmed that he is still in the country and that they have no knowledge of the alleged information.

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Verified Sep, 09 2022

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Interior CS Fred Matiang’i is in the US. Dr. Matiangi is expected to take a role in the United Nations (UN) and well be working from New York City.

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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. On September 8, 2022, we called the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government in the President’s Office, and they confirmed that CS Matiang’i was present. They also advised to disregard a lot of misinformation about the CS circulating on social media, adding that official communication from the office is done through addressing the media and through their official social media accounts.

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