No, Uasin Gishu Governor Bii did not ride a donkey during the general election campaigns in 2022, but rather a horse, which did not die mysteriously.

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The donkey on which Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii rode died mysteriously.

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 June 6, 2022, we discovered a video posted on Standard Digital’s Facebook page of Uasin Gishu Governor Jonathan Bii riding a brown horse after receiving IEBC clearance to run in the August 9 general elections.

The iVerify Network of Fact-Checking Desks also conducted a reverse image search, which revealed that the image of the black horse was first shared on iStock, an online royalty free, international micro stock photography provider based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on October 3, 2019.

We also discovered that the horse image was shared on March 4, 2020 on PHD Veterinary Services’ Twitter account, explaining how to prevent Colic in horses.

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