Top Kenyan lawyer gets parliament and judiciary funding numbers wrong
Claims
Three claims on funding of Kenya’s judiciary and parliament
Source: Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi (March 2019)
checked
Verdict
All three incorrect
Tag: Judiciary
Budget cuts hit Kenya’s judiciary – but there’s no ‘global funding target’
Claim
The globally recommended funding for the judiciary is 2.5% of the national budget.
Source: Kenyan chief justice David Maraga (July 2018)
incorrect
Verdict
Experts say there is no global recommendation - the level of funding depends on a country.