How we use sources

The plain promise

Every claim in a Nyakundi Report story is sourced. If we can name the source on the record, we do. If we can't, we tell you why and what we did to verify.

What "on the record" means here

A named source agrees their name, role, and quote can appear in the published story. We confirm spelling and the quote back to the source before publishing.

Anonymous sources

We name sources by default. When we don't, it's because naming the source would put them in legal or physical danger. In that case we tell you the source's role and relationship to the story ("a senior official in the Ministry of Health who has direct knowledge of the procurement"), and we do not use anonymous sources for opinions — only for facts we can verify a second way.

Documents

Where a story rests on a document, we publish that document — redacted if necessary — alongside the story in the evidence dossier. If we received a document under a confidentiality agreement, we say so and describe what we read.

Mistakes

When we get something wrong, we publish a correction on the story itself (see the corrections policy) and keep the prior version of the text in the article's public version history.

Disclosure

If we have a financial or personal connection to anyone in a story, we say so in the article. If a story involves a Nyakundi Report partner or funder, we disclose that relationship at the top of the piece.