Sen. Samson Cherargei of Nandi has responded to Kenyans on Twitter, or KOT, who accused him of stealing a photograph of a cow and three calves off the internet and claimed it was from President William Ruto's farm.

The photographs he shared on Tuesday were swiftly identified as stolen from another social media page by the Media Observer-iV Network of Fact-Checking Desks. 

Hundreds of users commented on the post, chastising the legislator for his error.



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Later Tuesday evening, the Senator caved to the pressure and justified himself, claiming that Kenyans on Twitter appeared to have misread his message, which he claimed had used 'figurative language'.

He added that the same energy that KOT utilized to reveal his ruse would benefit the country if directed correctly.

"If KOT was as hardworking as they have googled the cow and calf picture, we would be the first world economy!" he tweeted.

"Salaaale! "Waende narudi hivi!"



Cherargei is the second leader to be implicated in spreading false information on social media.

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja was previously ridiculed for claiming credit for a three-year-old image of a clean street in Nairobi's CBD.