AI-generated video by Kenya President, who is incorrectly connected to a new health insurance system

Kenya President William Ruto started the Social Health Authority (SHA) in October 2024 to replace the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as the state health insurance service provider, which has criticized his opponents. A Tikok video in which it is claimed to “prepare” a hospital patient for the press release was created with AI software from a picture taken in 2019. The original photo shows Ruto, who was the deputy president at the time and attended a victim of a terrorist attack.

“Behind the scenes, Ruto discovered the preparation to start a patient to start Sha (sic)” TIKTOK Post Published on April 19, 2025 and shared more than 100 times.

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The caption next to the video claimed that Ruto was “mocked” live on television during a panel discussion that Citizen TV organized on April 17, 2025.

Although the discussion had nothing to do with Kenya's new health system, a discussion participant, said Ruto had – ie pointed – a patient in a PR -stunt “started” to prove that the SHA worked well (archived Here).

The day before had Ruto CommissionEd The first hospital of the Kenya Defense Forces Forces for the general public (archived Here).

The clip seems to show Ruto, who stands next to a hospital bed and interacts with a patient while adjusting her bed cover. Two doctors stand next to him, while three other people are considered in suits in the mirror above the patient's bed. Pieping noises can be heard in the background.

Post was published by an account with more than 49,000 followers, which are predominantly ai-generated content.

New state insurance system

The Kenyan government officially launched The Sha On October 1, 2024 as part of his plan to expand access to universal health insurance (UHC) (archived) Here And Here).

The new system that is mandatory for all Kenyan residents, including expatriates that stay over a year Goals To close the gaps in the former NHIF by involving the scope of care for new services such as cancer and joint health examinations. It also offers a broader range of outpatient services and includes standardized surgical tariffs in all health service providers (archived Here).

But since it was founded the insurance program has been criticized For poor communication, an unclear implementation framework and the procurement Process (archived Here And Here).

Despite his defects, Ruto continued defend The Sha and has pushed Kenyer to register for the new health plan (archived Here And Here).

However, the Tikok video, in which it is claimed to show Ruto with a patient to promote SHA, is indicated.

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AFP carried out Reverse image search On keyframes from the clip and found a photo that represents the same event published On Facebook by Kenian News Outlet Citizen TV on January 17, 2019 (archived Here).

“DP Ruto visits the victims of 14 river terrorist attacks,” was the mail.

Several indications indicate that this image with AI software has been encouraged in a video.

The first frame corresponds to a precise agreement with the original photo and is typical of how photo-to-video-Ki tools such as Vidfly and Invideo Ai work you work with an image and add a request to generate a video.

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In a second in the video, the patient's left arm lacks just to appear after Ruto apparently adjusted the blue bed cover.

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A second later the patient seems to press the ceiling. Both your fingers and Ruto seem to distort when they move.

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Further search queries showed a real video of Ruto's hospital visit CrowdEd On Facebook from a Kenyan news blog Thika Town on January 17, 2019 (archived Here).

In it you can see Ruto as the same hand shakes as she rests a hand on her knee and then withdraws, in contrast to the Tikok video in which he starts to fluff the blue bed cover.

The white and blue striped sheet on the patient's bed to your left was also worked out from the Tikok video. Another discrepancy is with her left hand: it remains under the covers in the 2019 video.

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Citizen TV too published Film material from Ruto's visit 2019 in the AGA Khan Hospital in Nairobi (archived Here).

Although it is not identical to the video of Thika Town, both sentences of film materials have some of the same patients as well as Ruto's interview with the media.