No, the image does not show the Azimio Parliamentary Group leadership press conference at the Kalonzo Command Centre - iVerify Kenya

No, the image does not show the Azimio Parliamentary Group leadership press conference at the Kalonzo Command Centre

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The Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition leaders’ photo is not recent. The photograph was taken in August 2022 at ACK St Francis Karen in Nairobi, just prior to the election of Speakers of Parliament.

Former Kisii Governor James Ongwae can be seen in the image, but he left the Azimio La Umoja Coalition Party and joined the Kenya Kwanza Alliance in September 2022.

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Verified Apr, 05 2023

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Azimio Parliamentary Group leadership press conference at the Kalonzo Command Centre.

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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. According to a reverse image search, the image was first shared in an article by Nation Africa on August 24, 2022, as former Suba North MP John Mbadi met with Azimio legislators elect at a press briefing following a service at ACK St Francis Karen in Nairobi, ahead of the election of speakers of Parliament.

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