Following Kenya’s opposition-led protests against the high cost of living and claimed election fraud, a clip emerged online purporting to show the country’s defence minister Aden Duale, an ally of President William Ruto, saying that opposition leader Raila Odinga was the true winner of last year’s presidential elections. But this is false: the video was doctored using old footage. The original video was edited to make it seem like Duale was referring to the 2022 election when he was actually speaking about Kenya’s 2007 polls, which pitted Odinga against Mwai Kibaki.

The clip was published on TikTok on March 30, 2023.

“It’s Ramadhan and I’m a Muslim I don’t want to lie. Raila Odinga won that election of 2022. By CS Duale (sic),” reads text placed on top of the footage.

In the 20-second-long clip, Duale appears to say: “And I am a Muslim I don’t want to lie. Raila Odinga won that election of two thousand … [inaudible]. Through the action of the IEBC, the difference was about 200,000 votes when really proper tallying was done. But you can win … [inaudible] … the constitution. The 50 plus 1 margin ... [cuts off].”

The IEBC is Kenya’s electoral body, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

The clip was also shared on Facebook in April 2023.

The reference to Ramadan appears to indicate that the clip was made during this year's Muslim holy month, which fell between March 23 and April 2, 2023.

The 2022 presidential vote referred to in the clip’s text saw Odinga...

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