No, the photo shared for comparison between Kenya’s First Lady, Rachel Ruto, and Uganda’s First Lady is not of Uganda’s actual First Lady, but of Ugandan feminist Nyanzi.

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Images comparing Uganda’s and Kenya’s first ladies

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 performed a reverse image search on the lady featured in the first photo, leading us to an article dated March 19, 2020, published by The Guardian, a reputable British daily newspaper. According to the article, the individual in the photo is Dr. Stella Nyanzi, a prominent Ugandan feminist, academic and writer. The image captures a moment when Dr. Nyanzi was leaving court in February. This occurrence followed her confinement of nearly 16 months inside Uganda’s Luzira prison. Her imprisonment was a result of composing a poem on Facebook that centered around Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s mother, specifically referencing sensitive subject matter.

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Article by The Guardian on an interview with Dr. Stella Nyanzi

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False

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