IN SHORT: The killing of a gay rights activist has occupied public debate in Kenya in January 2023. But the country's president did not controversially call for the killing of gay people.
shared on Facebook claims that Kenyan president William Ruto has called for the killing of gay people. "President Ruto urges Kenyans to continue killing Gay people until they go extinct," text on the graphic reads.
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