No, the thief stoned to death is from Tanzania, not Kenya. - iVerify Kenya

No, the thief stoned to death is from Tanzania, not Kenya.

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The incident captured in the video shared by blogger Madoka Kibet occurred in Tanzania, not Kenya.

The contact information for the school bus captured in the footage is inscribed on the bus with the code +255, which is the Tanzania country calling code.

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Verified Nov, 18 2022

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Thief stoned to death in Kenya for stealing a phone.

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 ran a background check on the footage and discovered that the school bus is from Little Friends Montessori Day Care Centre, and its contact information is +255 713 576 978. The code +255 is Tanzania’s country calling code, and +254 is Kenya’s country calling code.

We also looked into Little Friends Montessori Day Care Centre and discovered that it is located at 463P+3PF, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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