No, former President Uhuru Kenyatta did not travel to London for Queen Elizabeth II burial. - iVerify Kenya

No, former President Uhuru Kenyatta did not travel to London for Queen Elizabeth II burial.

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The image was taken in 2020, when former President Uhuru Kenyatta met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss strengthening connections between Kenya and the UK in the post-Brexit era, as well as cooperation in military training and security.

President William Ruto attended the burial; he departed the country on September 18, 2022 for London to attend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral.

The celebration was projected to draw 2,000 individuals, including 500 presidents, prime ministers, and foreign royals from around the world.

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Verified Sep, 26 2022

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Former President Uhuru Kenyatta arrives in London to attend Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral

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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 ran a reverse image search on the image and discovered that it was taken on January 21, 2020, in London, when former President Uhuru Kenyatta met with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss boosting ties between Kenya and the UK.

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