Five claims about the history of Mombasa, funding to coastal counties, cargo volumes at the port of Mombasa and Kenya’s life expectancy.
Source: President Uhuru Kenyatta (October 2019)
One correct, one mostly correct and three incorrect
Since 2015, he [James Macharia] has been allocated on average 47% of the national development budget.
Source: Kenya’s Standard newspaper, October 2019
Allocations to departments under the minister in the period under review have not been more than 41%.
Don’t touch soya foods as they’re very bad for breast cancer.
Source: Viral 2016 TV interview with Kenyan senator and cancer survivor Beth Mugo
Soya foods are healthy and could prevent cancer
In Kenya, 49% of new HIV infections occur among adolescents.
Source: Johnson & Johnson tweet (5 June 2019)
New HIV infections in adolescents accounted for 16%, not 49% of the national total
Nairobi accounts for 45% of Kenya’s gross domestic product
Source: The Guardian, UK (5 August 2019)
Nairobi’s GDP contribution averaged 21.7% from 2013 to 2017
Two claims on the value of Kenya’s forestry sector
Source: Senator Susan Kihika (July 2019)
One unproven, one correct
Eight claims on agriculture, healthcare, county revenue and gender equality
Source: Wycliffe Oparanya, chair of the council of governors
Four correct, two mostly correct, one misleading and one incorrect
Kenya’s parliament approves county funding based on five-year-old revenue data
Source: Former governor Isaac Ruto (May 2019)
Division of revenue legislation for 2018/19 and 2019/20 both based on five-year-old revenue accounts
The Kenyan government has increased the health sector budget by more than 30% in the last two fiscal years.
Source: Kenya’s cabinet secretary for health, Sicily Kariuki
From 2017/18 to 2018/19, Kenya’s total health budget rose by 29.9%.
We are urging the public not to clear the existing loans until a case is determined on how the mobile lending apps acquired licences to operate.
Source: Kenyan website Butwaa, May 2019
Interior ministry not aware of such a statement from minister