Fake news: Transformers were not planted for President Ruto's launch
President William Ruto at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Kisii County Cancer Treatment Centre in Nyaribari Chache Constituency, Kisii County.
On August 9, after Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi’s first assignment in Murang’a County, social media was awash with talk that the ministry removed transformers from Maragua constituency to power Kiharu constituency villages to allegedly justify President Ruto's visit.
When Nation.Africa team moved to the ground to confirm the claim, we found residents in Kiharu's Marewa village where the programme was launched.
Speculation on social media over an alleged plot by the government to remove transformers from a Last Mile project launched by President William Ruto last week and re-installed in their alleged previous locations has been confirmed as fake.
On August 9, after Energy Cabinet Secretary Opiyo Wandayi’s first assignment in Murang’a County, social media was awash with talk that the ministry removed transformers from Maragua constituency to power Kiharu constituency villages to allegedly justify President Ruto's visit.
