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%.
Two claims about N-Power, a Nigerian government job-creation and skills-building programme.
Source: Boss Mustapha, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Nigeria (August 2019).
Both claims are unproven.
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 housing in South Africa
Source: President Cyril Ramaphosa and local media
Both incorrect
Seven claims about the government's achievements
Source: Uhuru Kenyatta, 2019 State of the Nation Address
Three correct, two mostly correct, one incorrect and one misleading.
Nine claims ranging from diaspora remittances to the constitution, railways, electricity and Kenya’s development.
Source: Kenyan deputy president William Ruto (February 2019)
Three correct, two mostly correct, one exaggerated, one incorrect, one misleading and one unproven.
Four claims about economic and educational progress in Uganda.
Source: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni (January 2019)
One correct, one mostly correct, one misleading, one incorrect
Three promises made by the ruling party in 2014.
Source: ANC 2014 election manifesto.
One broken, two still in progress.
China is Kenya’s number one trading partner.
Source: Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (November 2018)
China was Kenya’s largest trading partner in 2017.