Nairobi makes KSh10 billion from Murang’a county water every year.
Source: Murang’a county governor Mwangi wa Iria (October 2018)
Nairobi earned KSh5.1 billion from sale of water in 2016/17 - and not all from Murang'a.
South African Airways has not made a profit since 2011
Source: South African news reports (2018)
SAA last made a profit in the 2010/11 financial year
49% of men and 34.1% of women in South Africa smoke tobacco
Source: Foundation for a Smoke-Free World (October 2018)
Better surveys show South Africa has far fewer smokers.
China is Kenya’s number one trading partner.
Source: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (November 2018)
China was Kenya’s largest trading partner in 2017.
Mpumalanga is the world’s largest air pollution hotspot.
Source: Greenpeace (October 2018)
Significant flaws in Greenpeace’s research methods-- make for unsound comparisons
Nigeria is the highest producer of HIV-infected babies
Source: Sun newspaper (October 2018)
In 2016 Nigeria had the world’s highest number of children newly infected with HIV.
Two claims on the size of Gauteng’s economy
Source: Gauteng premier David Makhura (November 2018)
Both claims correct
Kenya’s government gets billions of dollars from Kericho’s tea but the county receives nothing.
Source: Kericho governor Paul Chepkwony (September 2018)
Kericho has received levies and taxes from tea.
The current government has put Nigeria into a debt of $80 billion.
Source: Peoples Democratic Party vice presidential candidate Peter Obi (October 2018)
Nigeria’s public debt was $73.2 billion in June 2018.
In the first quarter of 2018, Nigeria earned N577 billion from exports of agricultural produce.
Source: Festus Keyamo, media director, Buhari Campaign Organisation (October 2018)
Agricultural exports earned N73.2 billion in the first quarter of 2018.