FALSE HEADLINE: An article claiming that the Central Bank of Kenya governor has resigned is a… – PesaCheck

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An article submitted for fact-checking via PesaCheck’s WhatsApp Tipline claiming that Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has resigned contains a FALSE HEADLINE.
The headline, published by challyhnews.co.ke, further claims that Njoroge blamed Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for his resignation.
The body of the article itself does not tally with the headline and instead focuses on reported political intrigues to remove the governor from office.
“State House operatives have intimated to the People Daily that the inner circle of the President wants Njoroge forced to resign,” according to the article.
People Daily, cited therein, published a speculative article on 5 October 2022, claiming that the CBK governor had fallen out of favour with the new administration.
On 3 October 2022, barely a month after President William Ruto was sworn in, the CBK had to distance itself from claims by Gachagua that there were inadequate foreign exchange reserves to import oil.
Like the People Daily, the article also speculates on the removal of the CBK boss, adding that Gachagua may have baited Njoroge into taking a contradictory stance.
“Those in the know hint that the long game might have been getting an excuse to put more pressure on Njoroge on grounds that he was not respecting the Office of the Deputy President,” the article adds.
There is no information about the said resignation by the governor on the verified CBK Twitter page where the institution publishes information of interest to the public.
Wallace Kantai, the CBK head of Communications, did not immediately respond to PesaCheck’s queries. However, on 7 October, days after the post was shared, the CBK posted a video from 30 September on its YouTube channel referring to Njoroge as governor.
As the person in charge of the institution which regulates the banking sector and formulates the monetary policy in Kenya, Njoroge’s resignation would have attracted widespread media attention both locally and internationally. Yet, a Google search returns no credible information regarding the said resignation.
PesaCheck has examined the article submitted for fact-checking via PesaCheck’s WhatsApp Tipline claiming that Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Patrick Njoroge has resigned, and finds it contains a FALSE HEADLINE.
This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.
By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds.
Have you spotted what you think is fake or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content.
This fact-check was written by PesaCheck senior fact-checker Simon Muli and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Cédrick Irakoze and acting chief copy editor Francis Mwaniki.
The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck’s managing editor Doreen Wainainah.
PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org.
PesaCheck is an initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with support from Deutsche Welle Akademie, in partnership with a coalition of local African media and other civic watchdog organisations.
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