The truth is dead. It was replaced by well-designed lies. A fake newspaper front page recently circulated in Kenya. It targeted former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.

It accused him of peak hypocrisy. The attackers used polished graphics to manufacture outrage. Africa Check confirmed the page was a fabrication. It was not real journalism.

It was just more digital sludge. This is how democracy dies. It dies when people cannot distinguish between a news report and a propaganda flyer.

The features of this decay are obvious.

• Fabricated news outlets used for political hits.
• Visual deception used to bypass critical thought.
• A political landscape built on manufactured scandals.

We are not even fighting over facts anymore. We are just fighting over which lie feels better.