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Fake

🇰🇪 Kenya Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Bandia (Fake)

"Huyo ni fake (He's fake)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇰🇪 Kenya
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Fake 🇺🇬 Uganda

Fake (Not genuine)

"Story fake (Fake story)"
Fake 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Not genuine

"She's so fake, always acting different"

🇰🇪 About Kenya Slang

Kenyan slang is led by Sheng, a vibrant urban creole born in Nairobi's Eastlands that blends Swahili, English, and Kikuyu, spoken by millions of young Kenyans.

KASINARY has 2011 Kenya slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Kenya slang (2011 words)

🌍 "Fake" Across Africa

This word is also used in 17 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fake 🇺🇬 Uganda

Fake (Not genuine)
Fake 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Not genuine
Fake 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Not genuine (Fake/false)
Fake 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Taqlid/muqallad (Imitation)
Fake 🇩🇿 Algeria

Counterfeit
Fake 🇦🇴 Angola

Falso / imitação (Fake / imitation)
Fake 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Fake (Fake)
Fake 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fake (Counterfeit)
Fake 🇬🇭 Ghana

Counterfeit/Not original (Fake)
Fake 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Maiketsetso / Not real
Fake 🇱🇷 Liberia

Imitation/Not original (Counterfeit)
Fake 🇱🇾 Libya

فيك (Fake / phony)
Fake 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Falso, fingido (Fake)
Fake

Falso / imitação (Fake / imitation)
Fake 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Counterfeit items (Imitation goods)
Fake 🇿🇲 Zambia

Counterfeit
fake 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Fake (Counterfeit)

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