A front page of a newspaper branded as the Star that is warning Trans Nzoia residents against voting DAP-K governor candidate George Natembeya is fake.
The cover page has been shared widely ostensibly to water down chances of Natembeya being voted considering the country is headed to a General Elections on Tuesday, August 9.
The Star wishes to warn the public from falling prey to the fake news.
We encourage Kenyans to ignore the cover page and treat it with contempt it deserves.
We have not authored any story lately of Trans Nzoia residents being warned against voting Natembeya.
To avoid falling prey to such fake reports, we ask our readers to rely on our official social media pages for credible information.
Our social media handles are verified hence anything posted on our walls are factual since they have gone through the Standard editorial procedure.
To access the true copy of the Star, kindly visit our website https://www.the-star.co.ke and scroll to the e-paper section where you will get all daily issues. You can do this to verify if the a cover page you come across is authentic.
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This fact-check was produced by [NEWSROOM] with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck, African Fact Checking Alliance network and United Nations Development Programme
