On September 15, 2024, a post on X claimed: "After Ruto visited Germany it has been announced that Africans will not be allowed to enter Germany even with Visa."
Shared more than 2,800 times, the post originated from a Kenyan account called “KESH” with more than 130,000 followers.
The same claim was repeated by other Kenyan social media users on X (here and here) and on Facebook.
Ruto attended the annual Citizens' Festival in Germany from September 13th to 14th.
While there, the country’s two leaders signed an agreement allowing skilled workers from Kenya to live and work in the EU's largest economy (archived here).
Misleading claims about the deal spread online, further cemented by Ruto’s remarks during an interview with a German broadcaster where he said the deal will "unlock 250,000 job opportunities for young Kenyans" (archived here).
However, German’s interior ministry later refuted this claim, stating that "the agreement does not...
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