FALSE: This video isn’t of Kenyans demonstrating against xenophobia

This

post on X

(formerly Twitter) with a video purportedly showing Kenyans protesting against xenophobia is FALSE.

The post reads: “#Kenya: Kenyans are demonstrating against xenophobia in Kenya,” and is accompanied by a video showing a crowd outdoors. The crowd can be heard singing, with some captured atop a vehicle.

Similar posts also appear here, here and here, following conversations regarding xenophobia in Kenya after President William Ruto ordered a crackdown on foreign nationals operating small businesses in the country. The president issued the directive as he hosted Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) traders at the State House on 2 September 2026.

The directive sparked concerns of xenophobia and attracted criticism from a section of politicians and the public, while others claimed that Ruto’s directive was misrepresented.

However, the video in question is not an accurate depiction of events.

A reverse search to determine the origin of the video under scrutiny led PesaCheck to similar clips. However, videos seen here, here, here and here indicate that the clip in question was taken during the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests, in which a section of Kenyans opposed the proposed legislation.

Videos reporting on the protests seen here and here, also capture the protestors on top of a vehicle and singing the same song as those in the clip under scrutiny, further establishing that it is not related to recent events.

Notably, following the pushback on Ruto’s directive, the Kenyan government opened registration for foreign nationals living in the country without documentation.

There are no credible reports of Kenyans demonstrating against xenophobia, although a section of activists threatened protests over the issue.

PesaCheck has looked into a post on X with a video purportedly showing Kenyans protesting against xenophobia, and found it to be FALSE.

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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 fact-checker Harriet Ogayo and edited by PesaCheck senior copy editor Mary Mutisya.

*The article was approved for publication by PesaCheck chief copy editor, *Stephen Ndegwa.

*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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