The claim was repeated in another Facebook post and on X.
However, according to local reports, the image has no connection with the landslide in Kenya on May 14, 2024, in which several people were buried alive (archived here).
Image from Uganda
A reverse image search revealed that the photo was first published online in 2012 in connection with a mudslide in Uganda.
“Residents of Bududa cut trees and wood on June 26, 2012, while trying to reach the victims of a mudslide in eastern Uganda, about 200 kilometers from the capital Kampala,” reads the caption of the image in the weekly magazine The Oost -African (archived here).
The photo was taken by AFP’s freelance photographer Isaac Kasamani and is available in the AFP archives.
Landslide in Kenya
On May 14, 2024, the Kenyan Red Cross reported X (archived here) about a Kimende Escarpment landslide around 9:00 PM East African Time.
A landslide has occurred in the Kimende Escarpments of Kiambu County.
Several people are probably trapped.
The Red Cross Action Team is on its way to the crime scene.
— Kenya Red Cross (@KenyaRedCross) May 14, 2024
According to the latter update the area was “cordoned off and declared a danger zone” by the Kenyan Red Cross (archived here).
“Although no fatalities have been confirmed, several people are still missing,” the Red Cross wrote on X.
On May 16, 2024, local newspaper The Standard reported that the search for three missing persons was still ongoing.
DAY 2: Search continues for 3 bodies buried after landslide in Kimende, Kiambu County.
Photos by Kimaku Chege pic.twitter.com/94ISBIHCCy
— The Standard Digital (@StandardKenya) May 16, 2024
The incident comes a few weeks after dozens of villagers were killed when a dam burst near Mai Mahiu in the Rift Valley, about 60 kilometers north of Nairobi (archived report).
The East African region has suffered weeks of torrential rains that have left a trail of deaths, displacement of people and destruction of property.
