No, this isn’t Pap-Onditi Town in Kisumu County; instead, it’s Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai.

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Image showing Pap-Onditi Town, Kisumu County

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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 reverse image search reveals the image was first shared on December 3, 2021, in an article by AutoJosh Automotive Company Limited. The article discloses that the depicted road is no other than Sheikh Zayed Road (SZR), renowned as Dubai’s busiest road and the longest of its kind within the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The construction for the road which has different names across the various Emirates, can be traced back to 1971, and completed in 1980. Sheikh Zayed Road (SZR) is named in honor of the former President of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

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Article on the busiest road in Dubai

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