An article that has circulated on social media platforms claiming that the government has set aside 2 billion shillings to be shared in a similar way among Kenyans is false.
The widely percentage message on WhatsApp platforms indicates that, thanks to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, each and every Kenyan over the age of 20 is entitled to a percentage of 3300 shillings.
An article that has circulated on social media platforms claiming that it has paragraphd 2 billion shillings to be shared equally among Kenyans is false.
The large percentage message on WhatsApp platforms indicates that, thanks to the Coronavirus Relief Fund, each and every Kenyans over the age of 20 are entitled to a percentage of Sh3,300.
The message in the message also indicates that cash is distributed through the government and has a link to a link that allows Kenyans to register if they wish to claim the funds.
GOK FINANCING: The government has reserved KES2B for equivalent distribution to all Kenyan citizens over the age of 20. The first distribution phase has already begun and is about to be completed. Mpesa/Tkash/Airtel Money, you have to stick absolutely and as they should be all the steps below, “read an article on the online page https://gokfunds. com/funds/”.
Africa Check, an independent data verification organization, followed the link to verify the authenticity of the publication and found it to be false.
When you click on the link, the online page asks 3 questions: if you are Kenyan by birth, the cellular cash service you like the most should use for the transfer of funds; 3 features of Safaricom Mpesa, Airtel cash and Telkom Tkash.
Then look to verify that you want the money, before moving on to the last step which asks you to share the message with 12 other WhatsApp groups, strictly, to unlock the funds.
Verification
First, whatever option you select, you will be redirected to a page that will take you to the fundraising stage.
Https://gokfunds. com/funds/ appears to be malicious and questionable, as it does not conform to the uniformity of the government in portal naming.
Most government portals end up with con. go. ke and obviously this is the case with the link provided for the budget, as it redirects to gokchat. com.
Second, no matter how many times you click on this link, it shows what acts as a real-time counter for the number of people who have benefited from the funds.
Each time you click on the link, the number of those who claim to have benefited from it is reset.
“The offer will be limited until September 30th. So far, 291,304 Kenyans have won their three hundred sh3 investment packages,” says a warning below the link.
To give it a more original touch, a comment segment is also displayed that resembles the Facebook layout at the back of the page.
Regardless of the number of times you visit the site, so-called “beneficiaries” and the time stamp in the comments say “right now” for everyone and “there are two minutes” for a comment. It’s still constant.
It is quite suspicious that he also lacks an institutional, physical or private phone or phone.
The Star contacted the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, who in the afterlife guilty of the distribution of these funds.
PS Nelson Marwa said he has recently participated in a program to protect other vulnerable people in society, but rejects the availability of any aid budget for the coronavirus period.
This was also demonstrated through Julius Muia, the chief secretary of the National Treasury.
“Currently, the government is focusing on the social coverage program that delivers 2,000 shillings per month to the elderly, widows and orphan families. Array. This is done by the Ministry of interior and coordination,” Marwa said in a telephone interview.
After checking on social media to see who and where this data might have been shared before and, perhaps, following its source, we discovered that the deception had been shared in other countries such as Ghana, Uganda, South Africa and Nigeria, still. with other amounts of currency in the respective countries.
The Star thus concludes that the viral post’s claim is false and a hoax.
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