Kenyan election misinformation quiz launched

With Kenya’s political temperatures in high gear ahead of the August 9 polls, StopReflectVerify.com has launched an evidence-based online quiz aimed at internet users who are among the 22.1 million registered voters.

StopReflectVerify.com is a website that hosts an internet-based quiz focused on misinformation and launched the Kenyan Election Misinformation quiz on Wednesday to address key vulnerable areas of media literacy using social media insights. 

Chris Machin, Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, said at the launch: "Here in Kenya, the United States has contributed nearly $20m to strengthen Kenyan-led efforts to enhance accountability and transparency of the election process.” 

“As internet penetration continues to rise, the threat of misinformation persists online and offline. StopReflectVerify.com aims to engage them with a test on misinformation regarding the elections. People can test their knowledge and have an interactive learning experience.”

The StopReflectVerify.com quiz was built through research and evidence collected from surveying over 100,000 social media updates across the web in 2022. 

In addition, support in the form of data and insights from fact-checking initiatives AfricaCheck.org and PesaCheck.org contributed to a deeper understanding of what fact-checkers are doing in response. 

This evidence-based approach is what turns the quiz from an online game to a critical resource in battling the spread of misinformation on the internet and social media platforms.

Kenyans are set to elect 1,450 MCAs, 290 MPs, 47 county woman representatives, senators, and governors, as well as the president and his deputy come August 9.