95% of Kenya’s budget resources go to the executive
Source: Abdikadir Mohamed (September 2018)
Executive got 52% of Kenya’s total budget in 2017/18
Two claims on small-scale mining in Nigeria
Source: Abubakar Bwari, minister of mines and steel (August 2018)
One unproven, one incorrect
Nigeria has 15 suicides per 100,000 people, per year
Source: Spectator Index on Twitter (July 2018)
Nigeria’s suicide rate was 9.5 per 100,000 in 2016
Zimbabwe continues to import electricity from South Africa
Source: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (September 2018)
Zimbabwe imports at least 50 MW of electricity from South Africa every day.
Two claims about primary education in Nigeria
Source: Oando Foundation
Both claims incorrect
Three claims about Kenya’s tax income and spending on development
Source: Aden Duale, majority leader in the national assembly (September 2018)
One correct, two incorrect
Two claims on the cost of Nigeria’s 2019 elections
Source: Presidential hopeful Kingsley Moghalu
One mostly correct, one incorrect
Female teachers make up about 68% of the country’s teaching force. But only 36% of principals are women.
Source: Academic Nuraan Davids (August 2018)
72.5% of teachers, 37.3% of principals on state payroll are women
At a recent men’s summit, South Africa’s deputy president quoted several statistics on the violence suffered by women and children. In a fact-check in progress, we look at the first of five claims.
Two claims on Nigeria’s economy
Source: Export Promotion Council head Olusegun Awolowo (August 2018)
One correct, one mostly correct