{"id":1507579,"date":"2022-06-08T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1507579"},"modified":"2022-06-08T11:36:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:36:04","slug":"fact-check-did-the-kenyan-service-party-publish-this-letter-renouncing-deputy-president-william-ruto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-kenyan-service-party-publish-this-letter-renouncing-deputy-president-william-ruto\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did The Kenyan Service Party Publish This Letter Renouncing Deputy President William Ruto?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-kenyan-service-party-publish-this-letter-renouncing-deputy-president-william-ruto%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1507579&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An image <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/LkNI6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shared on Facebook<\/a> purportedly shows a letter from the Kenyan Service Party (TSP) renouncing Kenyan Deputy President <span class=\"il\">William<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"il\">Ruto as its candidate\u00a0in the country\u2019s upcoming presidential election.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7444831\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7444831\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Facebook\/Screenshot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter is digitally fabricated. The Service Party refuted this rumor.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"il\">Ruto, a frontrunner in Kenya\u2019s upcoming presidential election, selected businessman and MP<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.parliament.go.ke\/node\/3226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rigathi Gachagua<\/a> as his running mate in May, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-61464243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-61464243&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654660523634000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2vXkKE5sBiBPNoqMbU1A6Y\">BBC News<\/a>. The deputy president\u2019s Kenya Kwanza coalition is now made up of more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-61455270\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 political parties<\/a>, including the TSP, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pd.co.ke\/inside-politics\/list-of-new-parties-that-have-joined-kenya-kwanza-123013\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Daily<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>An image shared on Facebook claims the party has since walked back its endorsement of the Ruto-Gachagua ticket. The image shows what appears to be a May 30 letter from the TSP declaring its desire to no longer be associated with the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The letter claims the party had been \u201ctrapped by a cunning and ill-motivated force from another land,\u201d further calling the Ruto-Gachagua ticket \u201csickeningly ominous in its designs.\u201d The letter references <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuko.co.ke\/402455-opinion-rigathi-gachagua-a-shadowy-politician-s-betrayed-people.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">criminal allegations<\/a> against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-35965760\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruto<\/a> and Gachagua.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Service Party therefore no longer wishes to be associated with Kenya Kwanza or the Ruto-Rigathi ticket,\u201d the letter concludes. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/28\/fact-check-donald-trump-tweet-support-william-ruto-kenya-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Donald Trump Tweet He Will \u2018Personally Support\u2019 William Ruto During Kenya\u2019s 2022 Election?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter is digitally fabricated. None of the recent TSP <a href=\"https:\/\/tsp.co.ke\/party-statements\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press releases<\/a> denounce Ruto or the Kenya Kwanza coalition. The party <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheServiceParty\/status\/1531178646584627202\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> an image of the supposed letter on May 30, calling it \u201cfake.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">FAKE!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jOSBk4Kop1\">pic.twitter.com\/jOSBk4Kop1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THE SERVICE PARTY \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea (@TheServiceParty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheServiceParty\/status\/1531178646584627202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The party also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheServiceParty\/status\/1533726087452270593\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted<\/a> a June 6 tweet showing a notice in a newspaper about the Kenya Kwanza coalition\u2019s legal establishment, which shows the TSP listed as a member.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Twajiamini?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Twajiamini<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KenyaKwanza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KenyaKwanza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZlVH3OTxKQ\">pic.twitter.com\/ZlVH3OTxKQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 THE SERVICE PARTY \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea (@TheServiceParty) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheServiceParty\/status\/1533726087452270593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There are no credible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Kenya+Kwanza+Alliance+TSP&#038;sxsrf=ALiCzsaME--pRkbRUTaiAUcOTi0424G1jg%3A1654612694532&#038;ei=1mKfYt-PIL-xkvQPpYqX4AY&#038;ved=0ahUKEwjf0pfPyJv4AhW_mIQIHSXFBWwQ4dUDCA4&#038;uact=5&#038;oq=Kenya+Kwanza+Alliance+TSP&#038;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyBQghEKABOgQIIxAnOgQIABBDOgoIABCABBCHAhAUOgUIABCABDoGCAAQHhAWOgUIABCGA0oECEEYAUoECEYYAFD3BFiIEmCVFmgBcAB4AIABpgGIAYkEkgEDMS4zmAEAoAEBwAEB&#038;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news reports<\/a> suggesting the TSP had renounced the Kenya Kwanza coalition despite concerns about a potential division within the alliance, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nation.africa\/kenya\/news\/politics\/trouble-in-william-ruto-s-kenya-kwanza-alliance-as-aspirants-say-they-re-being-ignored--3825252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nation<\/a>. TSP leader Mwangi Kiunjuri said after a May 24 meeting that Ruto was still the party\u2019s presidential candidate and its commitment to the alliance remained strong, Citizen Digital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizen.digital\/news\/former-cs-kiunjuri-tsp-firmly-in-kenya-kwanza-alliance-n298785\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.citizen.digital\/news\/former-cs-kiunjuri-tsp-firmly-in-kenya-kwanza-alliance-n298785&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1654695644180000&#038;usg=AOvVaw329lTat0JaS7KhBcLM4ZMX\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a letter from the Kenyan Service Party (TSP) renouncing Kenyan Deputy President William\u00a0Ruto as its candidate\u00a0in the country\u2019s upcoming presidential election.\u00a0Facebook\/ScreenshotVerdict: False The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1507579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1507579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1507579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1507579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1507579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1507579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}