The National Police Service (NPS) has exposed social media accounts impersonating the newly appointed Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja.
In a statement on Saturday, October 5, 2024, the NPS listed five Facebook accounts, which they indicated purported to belong to IG Douglas Kanja.
However, NPS termed them fake, warning Kenyans to be cautious about the information shared with those accounts.
NPS added that the accounts are operated by individuals with the intention of defrauding Kenyans.
“We wish to caution the public against interacting with multiple fake accounts purporting to belong to the Inspector General-National Police Service, IG Douglas Kanja,” the statement read in part.
“The existing accounts are maintained by imposters with criminal intent to defraud unsuspecting Kenyans,” it added.
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No social media account
In the same breath, NPS informed Kenyans that the newly appointed police boss, Kanja, does not operate any social media accounts.
That implied that his official statements are only issued by NPS or through live press conferences.
The law enforcement thus directed Kenyans to treat information shared by social media accounts purporting to represent Kanja as fake news.
“Members of the public are urged to treat these posts as malicious and fake. Please note that IG Kanja does not operate any social media accounts,” NPS insisted.
To help stop the spreading of fake news, NPS appealed to Kenyans to report the five Facebook accounts.
This comes days after they exposed other accounts purporting to represent Deputy Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli. NPS detailed that Masengeli does not operate social media accounts.
Flagged accounts
Here are the links to the flagged accounts that Kenyans have been asked to report them.
https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091947816705&mibextid=9R9pXO…
https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100079520889797&mibextid=9R9pXO…
https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091866729492&mibextid=9R9pXO…
https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093847900484&mibextid=9R9pXO…
https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091866729492&mibextid=ZbWKwL
