No, the man suspected of masquerading as a lady and stealing from men is not from Kiambu Kenya, but rather from Uganda. - iVerify Kenya

No, the man suspected of masquerading as a lady and stealing from men is not from Kiambu Kenya, but rather from Uganda.

Misleading

A Ugandan journalist confirmed that the man is indeed from Uganda.

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks also discovered video of police officers asking the man to undress while speaking in Luganda.

We discovered that most media outlets were afraid of sharing information because of the newly passed Computer Misuse Amendment Act, which imposes harsh penalties on offenders found guilty of sharing information about anyone without consent in Uganda.

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Verified Nov, 07 2022

Claim

A man from Kiambu has been arrested for masquerading as a lady and stealing from unsuspecting men who mistook him for a woman.

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. On November 3, 2022, we contacted a Ugandan journalist working for the BBC, who confirmed that the incident was covered by the state-owned Luganda paper, Bukedde, and that the footage of the offender was taken at a police station.

Daniel Lutaaya, an award-winning investigative journalist from Uganda, and Sudhir Byaruhanga, Senior Reporter at NTV Uganda, both condemned the incident on their Twitter accounts on November 1 and November 2, 2022, respectively.

On November 1, 2022, the tweep, controversial blogger Abuga Makori, updated a thread on the tweet, apologizing to the people of Kiambu and clearly stating that the man is not from Kiambu and that he was misled.

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