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Africa-Press<\/a> – Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nairobi-<\/b><\/p>\n

Facebook on Sunday flagged down a congratulatory message by Kenya\u2019s President Uhuru Kenyatta to his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni for allegedly containing false information.<\/p>\n

President Kenyatta, in his message, termed President Museveni\u2019s re-election as a testimony of the confidence the people of Uganda have in his leadership.<\/p>\n

He further said he \u201clooks forward to continue working with President Museveni in deepening the strong bilateral ties between Kenya and Uganda for the mutual benefit of the people of the two Republics.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Kenyatta said Uganda had achieved stability and registered consistent economic growth under President Museveni, and assured of Kenya\u2019s commitment to continue partnering with Uganda in advancing regional and continental integration agenda through the East African Community, the African Union and other multilateral platforms,\u201d reads the message posted by State House Kenya.<\/p>\n

Facebook, however, flagged the message saying \u201cthe same information was checked in another post by independent fact checkers\u201d hence deeming it false.<\/p>\n

Mr Museveni was declared the winner of the Ugandan presidential election which was held last Thursday January 14 therefore extending his rule to 40 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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