Senior Kenyan politician threatens to expose president’s old clip error sharing
To strengthen the ruling coalition ahead of Kenya’s 2027 election, the Amani National Assembly (ANC) party of major cabinet secretary Musalia Mudavadi recently merged with President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA). A post about Tiktok claimed that Mudavadi threatened to resign and expose Ruto’s alleged crimes, meaning the two leaders had fallen. The claim is wrong; the video comes from a public speech in 2020, when Mudavadi talks about the impeachment of Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.
“Ruto, we are not fools! I’m going to step down. This country is led by thieves. I’m going to speak.” Tiktok video Published on March 30, 2025.
Screenshot of fake posts, taken on April 4, 2025
The post has been shared over 500 times.
“How did we get stuck in the situation of impeachment in Nairobi? Let’s be honest…it’s because of impunity. Because you don’t want to follow the law. We need leaders who can know and appreciate the rules of the law,” Mudavadi said in the clip.
He added: “If we keep making mistakes and now say it’s because I’m very popular on the streets of Nairobi this week, then I can ignore the laws of this land, then I’m a guy who is planting the seeds of impotence. When you’re the governor, when you’re the governor of somewhere, it’s not personal property. It’s public office.”
He went on to stress that leaders at all levels must act in accordance with the law, regardless of their position. At the end of the clip, he noted that some leaders were afraid of telling the truth because they were afraid of social media opposition.
Mudavadi is appointment As the main cabinet secretary on September 27, 2022, becoming the highest leader after the president and his deputy (reservation) here). he Doubles As the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Expatriate Affairs (released here).
He also assumes temporary Justin Muturi’s allegations after exported in April 2025 (archived here).
However, the video did not show him that he was ready to resign or threatened to reveal secrets about Ruto.
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AFP fact checks were conducted Reverse image search On the keyframe in the video, the wrong clip was found to be created by clipping two different versions of the shot from the same event.
One part is publishing December 14, 2020 on the YouTube channel of Kenya news media NTV (Archive here).
The video title says: “Nairobi is not a private property, Mudavadi told Sonko.”
Mudavadi spoke at the Quaker Representatives of Nairobi’s friends church during the pandemic on the 19th, where he talked about impeachment each and subsequently removed from the office.
He did not mention Ruto in the video uploaded to YouTube by NTV.
The comparison shows Mudavadi wearing the same blazer and grey shirt with blue, yellow and white curtains in the background.
Screenshots of a false post (left) and an original address posted by NTV
A longer version of the address, part of which appears in the Tiktok video for two minutes and fifty seconds, is publishing December 15, 2020 on YouTube on social media news channel Mutembei TV (Archive here).
Mudavadi shared Photos in account X in service (Archive here).
AFP fact-check found no reliable report, suggesting a crack between Mudavadi and Ruto.
In March 2025, the Mudavadi-Led ANC party was officially Dissolve and merge with Ruto’s Uda to consolidate Mudavadi’s position in Kenya’s leniency (archive here).
In addition, Mudavadi’s office released statement On April 6, 2025, his statement that he intends to part ways with Ruto was rejected (reserved here).
