This archive report was first published on 4 October 2019.
Dr. Roselyn Akombe, a former IEBC commissioner, has been a victim of Facebook impersonation. Despite her efforts to report the issue, the social media platform has failed to act.
According to Dr. Akombe's Twitter account, which she confirms is her only official social media page, she has made several reports to Facebook to bring down the fake page. However, the platform has taken no action for two years.
Dr. Akombe has taken to Twitter to clarify that the Facebook accounts in her name posting comments on Kenyan politics are not hers. She has also provided examples of the mistakes made by the imposter, including incorrect sentence construction and idiomatic use.
One of the tweets reads: 'If you are going to impersonate me, which is a crime, then please watch your sentence construction and idiomatic use. We say goal posts are shifted. Not stolen. And when you decide to use the tile (Dr.), use the last name, not the first. Thank you.'
Dr. Akombe fled the country on realizing her life was in danger after her colleague Musando was murdered. The fake page continues to exist, making her look bad in the process.
