FALSE: This photo does not show an accident on the Lugogo bypass in Uganda | by PesaCheck | June 2024

This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms.

Through partnerships with Facebook and similar social media platformsIndependent fact-checking organizations like PesaCheck help separate fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insights and context into posts they see in their social media feeds.

Have you discovered what you think is fake or untrue information on Facebook? How to report. And, here is More information about The PesaCheck methodology to check questionable content for its truthfulness.

This fact check was written by the fact checker PesaCheck. Pius Enywaru and edited by the editor-in-chief of PesaCheck Cédrick Irakoze And Editor-in-chief is Stephen Ndegwa

The article was approved for publication by the editor-in-chief of PesaCheck. Doreen Wainainah.

PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance audit initiative. Co-founder is Catherine Gicheru And Justin Arensteinand is incubated by the continent’s largest accelerator for citizen technology and data journalism: Code for AfricaIt is designed to help the public distinguish fact from fiction in public statements about the numbers that shape our world, with a particular focus on statements about public finances that affect government delivery of public services under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), such as healthcare, rural development and access to water/sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reporting. For more information about the project, see ,pesacheck.org.

PesaCheck is an initiative of Code for Africathrough his innovateAFRICA Fundsupported by Deutsche Welle Academyin partnership with a coalition of local African media and other civil society watchdog organizations.