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Fact Check Uganda

A Toolkit for journalism students and media workers 

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Your journey to find the facts starts here

This fact-checking Toolkit is a practical resource designed to empower you to expose what’s real and what’s not. 

Toolkit sections

Example fact checked

Downloadable templates

Resources

Why you should use this Toolkit

Fact-checking skills can help embed credibility in professional journalism and win back the trust of audiences. Journalism students and media workers who are empowered to recognise and expose false information can empower their audiences to make informed decisions about their lives. 

The Fact Check Uganda Toolkit is designed to equip journalism students and media workers with those skills. 
It draws on the fact-checking expertise of journalists in the country who were part of the Fact Lens project, set up to expose mis- and disinformation during the 2026 Ugandan election.

Using this Toolkit will enable you to: 
  • Appreciate the scale and common forms of information manipulation in Uganda
  • Develop critical thinking skills and recognise the tactics used by disinformers 
  • Apply verification techniques to assess claims, sources and supporting evidence 
  • Share and explain your evidence-based findings and conclusions to audiences  
  • Apply ethical and safety standards when fact checking 
  • Find practical resources to support your journalism, teaching or newsroom work 

Short guide on how to use the Toolkit

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