The photo does not show an angry crowd in Kenya chasing an MP who supported the MP’s impeachment

Historic impeachment

In a historic move, Kenya’s lower house voted overwhelmingly last week to indict Gachagua on 11 charges, including corruption and abuse of power – allegations the 59-year-old denied.

Senate members approved the decision on October 17, marking the first impeachment of a deputy president since impeachment was introduced in Kenya’s 2010 revised constitution (archived here).

President William Ruto appointed his home minister as deputy leader

The move has divided national sentiment, with some MPs who supported the motion facing public backlash (archived here and here).

There were disagreements over the proposal at public meetings. Some Kenyans called for the impeachment of Gachagua and Ruto because the two were elected together (archived here).

While lawmakers, including Ichung’wa, have publicly expressed concerns about their safety following the impeachment motion, the claim about the image is false.

Unrelated image

A reverse image search revealed that the image was taken in August 2024 during an incident involving Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja.

According to local reports, Sakaja was evicted by traders from a market in the city that was destroyed by an overnight fire. His security team tried to protect him from the stone-throwing mob (archived here).

A video report by KTN News titled “Governor Sakaja chased away by angry residents at Toi Market” captured the same scene shown in the false post (archived here).

The chief executive of news site Tuko.co.ke told AFP Fact Check that “malicious” users had used a template of their graphics to spread misinformation.

“In the last few weeks we have received many such graphics with our logo, which we have flagged as fake,” said Julia Majale.