No, the demonstrations were not in Burkina Faso, but in Kericho. - iVerify Kenya

No, the demonstrations were not in Burkina Faso, but in Kericho.

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The video was shot in October 2018 during a protest by teachers in Litein, Bureti Constituency, Kericho County, demanding justice for the murder of Willy Sang, a Cheborgei High School teacher who was killed together with his wife in July 2018. This was after the police dispersed the teachers from the streets after the protests turned violent.

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Verified Oct, 04 2022

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Protests in Burkina Faso

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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 reversed the footage and discovered that it was first uploaded on NTV Kenya’s YouTube page on October 24, 2018, during a protest by teachers in Litein, Bureti Constituency, demanding justice for their colleague’s murder.

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