No, these are not recent photos of the late CS Magoha. - iVerify Kenya

No, these are not recent photos of the late CS Magoha.

False

The photos shared on social media do indeed show Former Education CS George Magoha in Doha, but they are not as recent as claimed.

The pictures were shared by Saddique Shaban, a local journalist, in October 2020, after Prof Magoha alighted from the plane he was flying in Doha, Qatar.

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Verified Feb, 02 2023

Claim

Photos of the late former CS Magoha taken a few days ago in Doha.

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 conducted a reverse image search and discovered that the images were first shared on Twitter in October 2020 by local journalist Saddique Shaban, who had shared a flight from Japan to Doha with former Education CS George Magoha.

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