“post on TikTok claiming that Ugandan journalist Adam Kungu went missing after hosting opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, on a television talk show”
PesaCheck rated this: False
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“post purporting to show bodies of fallen Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) soldiers repatriated from South Sudan on 29 March 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“video claiming to report about a Uganda Airlines plane crash in April 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“video posted on TikTok claiming to show the mass burial of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) officers”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on Facebook claiming that Uganda Airlines is seeking to recruit for different positions”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Seeta High School in Uganda has been closed”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“list posted on TikTok claiming to show 13 schools that topped the country in the 2024 Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education Examinations (UACE)”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“An advert posted on TikTok claiming that Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) is hiring for positions across the country”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“post on TikTok showing purported election results of five of the candidates in Uganda’s Kawempe North by-election”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“link circulating on WhatsApp advertising jobs at the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB)”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“link circulating on WhatsApp purporting that the Ugandan government is offering Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) grants”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“link circulating in WhatsApp groups in Uganda claiming that President Yoweri Museveni is offering cash in the form of a development grant”
PesaCheck rated this: Hoax
“post on X (formerly Twitter) purporting that Uganda declared itself Ebola-free six days after receiving funding from the World Health Organization (WHO)”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“a video purportedly showing Church of Uganda archbishop Kaziimba Mugalu being denied entry to church after his remarks at parliament in March 2025”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“image featured in a TikTok video claiming to show Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni wearing a red overall and beret with National Unity Platform (NUP) party branding”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“TikTok post, which claims to show a protest in Kampala in February 2025 demanding the release of opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“TikTok video showing security officers singing and dancing to a song about Ugandan opposition politician Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine”
PesaCheck rated this: Altered
“Facebook post with a poster claiming Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has “fronted” comedian Yokana Mbuuse, alias Kapere Lufotose, as Kawempe North by-elections National Unity Platform (NUP) party flag bearer”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“TikTok post claiming that Ugandan journalist Dean Saava has died in a road accident”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post claiming that President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning all National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters from travelling to the US or obtaining birthright citizenship”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False