No, President Ruto has not criticized CS Kuria for wanting to ban mitumba. - iVerify Kenya

No, President Ruto has not criticized CS Kuria for wanting to ban mitumba.

Misleading

The footage was shot during the general election campaigns in July 2022, when then-Deputy President and current President William Ruto criticized ODM leader Raila Odinga’s remarks opposing the importation of mitumba, which he claimed were worn by dead people. President Ruto initially stated that if elected, he would prohibit the importation of mitumba to encourage local manufacturing.

On November 1, 2022, Trade CS Moses Kuria announced that President Ruto’s government would ban mitumba after providing cheaper alternatives through a restructured textile industry.

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Verified Nov, 04 2022

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President William Ruto criticizes CS Moses Kuria for wanting to ban mitumba.

Rating Justification

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has fact-checked this content and established that it is Misleading.

To arrive to this conclusion, the iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks has conducted the following process. We reviewed the video and discovered that it was first shared and uploaded to NTV Kenya’s YouTube channel on July 19, 2022, during the Kenya Kwanza campaigns in Kitui.

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