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.
Two claims on the size of Gauteng’s economy
Source: Gauteng premier David Makhura (November 2018)
Both claims correct
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
7 claims about Nigeria government's achievements
Source: Democracy Day speech
Ratings ranging from correct and incorrect to misleading
South Africa spends three times more on education than Kenya
Source: Alvin Botes, South African MP (May 2018)
If education budgets are compared as share of GDP, SA spends only 1.1 times more
The US gives South Africa R300 billion worth of aid
Source:
Tweet by Nelson Mandela Bay mayor Athol Trollip
(March 2018)
US provided aid of R6.1 billion in 2017
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