No, the video showing Nairobi CBD being inaccessible due to recent protests in the country is old.

Claim

Video showing Nairobi CBD is inaccessible due to the protests in the country

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 taken on May 16, 2016 during a heavy-handed response to an opposition protest at the offices of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Kenya’s capital, where riot officers beat up, Bernard Ngatia, a protester with batons, repeatedly kicking him even after being taken down by the officers, as he lay motionless on the ground.

Evidence and References

Video of Kenyan police in 2016 beating demonstrators

Methodology

True

The claim is rigorous and the content is demonstrably true.

Half True

The statement is correct, although it needs clarification additional information or context.

Unproven

Evidence publicly available neither proves nor disproves the claim. More research is needed.

Misleading

The statement contains correct data, but ignores very important elements or is mixed with incorrect data giving a different, inaccurate or false impression.

False

The claim is inaccurate according to the best evidence publicly available at this time.

Retraction

Upon further investigation of the claim, a different conclusion was determined leading to the removal of the initial determination.

Toxic

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