Fact Check: There is no drought situation in Embolioi, Kajiado County
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A Facebook post with an image claiming to show the impact of drought in Embolioi, a region in Kenya’s Kajiado County, in October 2022, is FALSE.
According to the caption of the 30 October 2022 post, cattle and families are dying due to hunger occasioned by the drought.
The image features emaciated cattle in Embolioi, some dead, allegedly due to the drought.
“Things are not better in Kenya. The drought has ravaged cattle & families are dying of hunger. This is harrowing image from a friend. The drought in Kenya is leaving no survivors, thousands of livestock & wildlife are perishing. This is Embolioi in Kajiado,” the post’s text reads.
While it is true that Kajiado is one of the counties hit by drought, the image under investigation is not of the current situation in the area.
We performed a reverse search on the image and established that it is old.
Search results show that the image has been used on online platforms such as Veterinaires Sans Frontieres (VSF) and Medan Wisata from as early as 2017.
A Google translation of the caption accompanying the image as published by VSF shows that the photo is credited to Prof. Dagmar Schoder, president of VSF Austria, who covered the impact of drought in the East African region in 2017.
According to the caption of the 30 October 2022 post, cattle and families are dying due to hunger occasioned by the drought.
The image features emaciated cattle in Embolioi, some dead, allegedly due to the drought.
“Things are not better in Kenya. The drought has ravaged cattle & families are dying of hunger. This is harrowing image from a friend. The drought in Kenya is leaving no survivors, thousands of livestock & wildlife are perishing. This is Embolioi in Kajiado,” the post’s text reads.
While it is true that Kajiado is one of the counties hit by drought, the image under investigation is not of the current situation in the area.
We performed a reverse search on the image and established that it is old.
Search results show that the image has been used on online platforms such as Veterinaires Sans Frontieres (VSF) and Medan Wisata from as early as 2017.
A Google translation of the caption accompanying the image as published by VSF shows that the photo is credited to Prof. Dagmar Schoder, president of VSF Austria, who covered the impact of drought in the East African region in 2017.
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