No, former Energy CS Chirchir has not been appointed Chief of Staff to the President’s Office.

Claim

Davis Chirchir, former Energy Cabinet Secretary, has been appointed Chief of Staff of the President’s Office.

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 discovered a video uploaded on State House Kenya’s YouTube page on September 27, 2022 during a livestream in which President William Ruto appointed Davis Chirchir as Energy and Petroleum CS while nominating Cabinet Secretaries at State House in Nairobi County.

Evidence and References

Footage of President William Ruto appointing Cabinet Secretaries

Methodology

True

The claim is rigorous and the content is demonstrably true.

Half True

The statement is correct, although it needs clarification additional information or context.

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Misleading

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False

The claim is inaccurate according to the best evidence publicly available at this time.

Retraction

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