Kenya’s used car industry pays KSh49 billion in taxes
Source: Kenya Auto Bazaar Association (February 2019)
Total tax on both new and used car imports less than KSh49 billion
Nigeria has 11 million stunted children
Source: ThisDay newspaper (February 2019)
Population data in Nigeria is uncertain
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.
In Tshwane, the DA inherited a deficit of over R1 billion from the ANC and turned it into a surplus in a year.
Source: Mmusi Maimane, leader of South Africa’s official opposition (February 2019)
Excluding grants from national government, Tshwane had a deficit in 2015/16 and a surplus in 2016/17.
Three claims on government job creation programmes
Source: Finance minister Tito Mboweni (February 2019)
One correct, two unproven
20 claims by Lagos governor hopefuls checked
Source: Debates organised by City that Works Alliance
A range of verdicts ranging from misleading to unproven and correct
Kenya’s counties spent 87.3% of their entire budget on recurrent expenditure and 12.7% on development in 2017/18.
Source: President Uhuru Kenyatta (February 2019)
Counties spent 57.8% of budget on recurrent expenditure and 16.3% on development.
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.
Eight claims by Nigeria's leading candidates for the presidency.
Source: Televised town hall meetings
A range of verdicts ranging from correct and incorrect to unproven.
Various claims about South Africa's progress.
Source: 2019 State of the Nation address
Verdicts ranging from correct to understated and unproven.