No, the former Hilton Hotel has not been transformed to Pronto Restaurant - iVerify Kenya

No, the former Hilton Hotel has not been transformed to Pronto Restaurant

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Online reports claiming that the Hilton Hotel has been acquired and transformed into Pronto Restaurant are false. We visited the iconic building on January 20, 2023, only to discover that the image shared with the Pronto banner is not available on the building.

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Verified Feb, 02 2023

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The former Hilton Hotel has been transformed into Pronto Restaurant.

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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 visited the iconic building on January 20, 2023, only to discover that the image shared with the Pronto banner is not available on the building.

On January 18, 2023, a statement was released on Pronto’s Facebook account denying taking over the Hilton Hotel building.

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