About SheriaLens

Kenya's first AI-powered civic fact-checking infrastructure. Nonpartisan. Evidence-based. Open.

Our Mission

SheriaLens exists to give every Kenyan access to verified civic information. We believe that informed citizens make better decisions, and that accurate information about laws, bills, and government actions should be available to everyone — not just those who can afford legal counsel.

Verification Methodology

Our fact-checking process follows the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) Code of Principles:

  1. Claim extraction — We identify the specific factual assertions in any submission.
  2. Check-worthiness scoring — AI determines whether the claim contains verifiable facts (opinions and predictions are not fact-checkable).
  3. Evidence retrieval — We search 275,000+ Kenya Law documents, the Constitution, Acts of Parliament, and Bills.
  4. Verification — AI analysis cross-references the claim against evidence with transparent confidence scoring.
  5. Human review — Politically sensitive claims require three-reviewer consensus before publishing.
  6. Citation — Every fact-check cites specific documents, sections, and URLs from authoritative sources.

Verdict System

TRUEClaim fully supported by authoritative sources
FALSEClaim contradicted by authoritative sources
MISLEADINGTechnically true but deceptive context
MIXEDContains both accurate and inaccurate elements
UNVERIFIEDInsufficient evidence to determine

Political Neutrality

SheriaLens never expresses political opinions. We cite legal facts and present multiple perspectives where applicable. Our AI system prompts explicitly prohibit opinion generation. Every response is logged and subject to quarterly external bias audits.

Corrections

If we make an error, we issue an immediate public correction on the same channel where the original fact-check was published. Corrections are never deleted — the original verdict is preserved with a "CORRECTED" label. See our public corrections register for full transparency.