No, the video does not portray the protests in Jacaranda Grounds, but rather in Congo. - iVerify Kenya

No, the video does not portray the protests in Jacaranda Grounds, but rather in Congo.

Misleading

The video is not from the Azimio La Umoja nationwide protest against Kenyan President William Ruto’s government on March 20, 2023, but rather from the August 2022 Kuluna phenomenon in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The chaos was caused by the Kuluna, which resulted in the death of one of them due to a delay in a match between Bomoko and Kinshasa in Kinshasa, DRC, after officials arrived late to start it.

The Kuluna are groups of young men who engage in criminal activities such as theft, robbery, and assault, often using violence to intimidate their victims.

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Verified Mar, 20 2023

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Protesters demonstrate in Jacaranda Grounds

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. We conducted a reverse image search and discovered that the video was first shared in a news bulletin on b-one TV Congo, a TV station in Kinshasa, DRC, and then uploaded on its YouTube channel on August 22, 2022, and that the clashes were carried out by the Kuluna, due to a delay in a match between Bomoko and Kinshasa in Kinshasa, DRC.

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