“Kenyan parliamentarians end up in bushes after running for their lives,” the caption reads.
According to reportsthe Kenyan protests have inspired Nigerians to copy the movement in their own country (archived here).
Reports circulating online claim that the protests in Nigeria will begin in August (see here And here).
In Kenya, the unrest has turned into a campaign against Ruto’s government, with people calling the campaign bad governance, corruption and police brutality.
But the video does not show Kenyan politicians hiding from the protesters.
Tanzanian funeral
Using the video verification tool InVID-WeVerify, we have reverse image search on multiple keyframes and located an X post with the same video.
It was published on June 1, 2024, by Tanzanian political activist James Mbowe, about three weeks before Kenyan protesters stormed the country’s parliamentary complex.
According to the caption, the video was taken during the funeral of the father of Tanzanian MP Silvestry Koka.
Jana tulishiriki Ibada ya Mwisho ya Mzee Francis Koka (104) Baba Mzazi wa Mh Koka Mbunge wa Kibaha mjini.
Ibada hii ilifanyika Kijiji cha Mkolowonyi Marangu. Mzee Francis amemaliza Safari yake ya hapa Duniani akiwa na Umri wa Miaka 104. Hakika tunamshukuru sana Mungu kwa Zawadi… photo.twitter.com/GS2LpmQiYV— James Mbowe (@JamesMbowe4) June 1, 2024
Mbowe, contacted by AFP Fact Check, said: “I recorded the video with my phone, to show the culture of the Chagga tribe of eating under the banana trees. There were powerful people at the funeral, including Freeman Mbowe, who embraced the tradition.”
AFP Fact Check identified opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe and MP David Mathayo.
James Mbowe confirmed that he was aware of the misrepresentation in the video.
“That’s a complete distortion. That’s the Kilimanjaro scene,” he said, referring to Tanzania’s northern Kilimanjaro region.
