Standard Front Page With ‘Ruto Eats Sadaka’ Headline Is Fake

On 16th August 2021, social media influencer and controversial blogger Ronoh Cornelius shared a Standard newspaper cover with the photo of Deputy President William Ruto eating what looks like a banana.

The main headline reads, ‘Ruto Eats Sadaka (church offering)’ and features a prominent image of the Deputy President.

The post is re-tweeted by some of Ronoh’s followers. Business Today did a fact-check on the unusual headline for a professional calibre newspaper such as The Standard and found that this front page was a fabrication.

A Google reverse image search reveals that the purported front page contains stories similar to those on the cover of The Standard’s June 19, 2020 edition, but with a different headline. The June 19, 2020 edition of The Standard, seen below, was altered by inserting the fake headline and image of the DP.