Outliers – when the numbers don’t add up
We look back at the worst use of statistics from 2021.
We look back at the worst use of statistics from 2021.
While both the absolute numbers and the rate have grown since 1994, the graphic gets the figures wrong.
Several news sites have unfavourably panned the recent deployment of ‘a mere’ 2,500 soldiers to deal with recent unrest.
A count that is underway is expected to definitively settle the question of just how many jumbos the East African country has.
Experts say recent claims that getting the Covid vaccine will render your life insurance policy invalid are false and scaremongering.
Chief administrative secretary Mercy Mwangangi cut an elated figure when she compared Kenya’s vaccination progress to other countries. But t...
Non-profit organisation Connected Development had many sitting right up with this startling claim about mortality in Africa’s most populous ...
Alfred Mutua, the governor of the country’s Machakos county, had a warning about Covid-19 hospitalisations. But his numbers were off. Expert...
A long-winded statement from the Kenya Catholic Doctors Association raised eyebrows – and sparked concerns about fuelling vaccine hesitancy....
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