No, this photo does not depict President Ruto during his school days

Claim

Photo depicting President William Ruto as a student

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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. A Google reverse image search reveals that the photo shared was that of Comedian Eric Omondi during a swimming competition at the XXXXXXXX(KSG) and was first shared on his IG account on June 12 2019.

We also discovered that the image was also by Mpasho News on IGXXXXXX.

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No, this photo does not depict President Ruto during his school days

The photo shared purported to be of XXXXXXXXin his early…..as a student is altered.

The original photo is of comedian Eric Omondi at a swimming compe….at KSG…and was captured in 2019.

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