A document shared on Facebook alleging that the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) issued a statement on compensation of Londiani accident victims being fraudulent is FAKE.
The document also shows UDA asking Kericho Governor Erick Mutai to clear the air on the issue.
“As a party, we are alarmed by the news of the alleged theft of the fundraised money meant for victims of the Londiani accident,” part of the statement read.
The document dated August 1 had the logo of the UDA Party and was supposedly signed by Secretary-General Cleophas Malalah.
To authenticate the document's validity, we cross-referenced the verified UDA Facebook page and X (formerly Twitter), where the party had not published the statement.
However, we came across this post on UDA’s authentic Facebook page terming the statement in question as fake. At the same time, Malalah also denounced the statement as fake.
On 30 June 2023, a tragic road accident occurred in Londiani, along the Nakuru-Kericho highway leading to the death of 55 people.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua took the initiative to preside over a funds drive for Londiani accident survivors.
After, the initiative, there was an uproar about the funds being misused with the Kericho county government in the eye of the storm over allegations of misuse of funds meant for Londiani crash victims.
Reports emerged that out of the Sh13.6 million raised in a fundraiser, only Sh5.7 million reached the victims.
This fact check was published by The Star with support from Code for Africa’s PesaCheck and African Fact-Checking Alliance.
