Two claims about the spekboom plant
Source: Getaway magazine (March 2019)
One misleading, one incorrect
Eight claims about South Africa's progress
Source: Former South African president Jacob Zuma and current president Cyril Ramaphosa (2016 to 2019)
Four correct, three incorrect, one unproven
Youth unemployment in Nigeria is almost 70%.
Source: Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of Nigeria’s central bank (2 January 2020)
The most recent official data shows that 29.7% of youth in Nigeria were unemployed, and and a further 25.7% underemployed.
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.