Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Mbugua and former finance minister Ukur Yatani initiated the budget cuts in the 2022/23 financial year
Verdict: EXAGERATED
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Gachagua said the treasury had released KSh4 billion to subsidise unga, which is Kiswahili for flour
Verdict: CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Gachagua claimed that while KSh4 billion was disbursed, maize millers “only received KSh1.7 billion [while] KSh2.3 billion was stolen
Verdict: MOSTLY CORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Maize is not available anywhere in the world
Verdict: INCORRECT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya deputy president said the country had employed 35,000 teachers.
Verdict: UNPROVEN
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg protested against wind farms
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Ugandan government is running a loan programme for the year 2023
Verdict: HOAX
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has appreciated Royal Media Services (RMS) for its coverage of the Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya mass action on 20 March 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Twitter account with the username ‘@eCitizen_Kenya’ belong to the Kenyan government’s digital services platform eCitizen
Verdict: FAKE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: National Unity Platform (NUP) party official arrested for selling dog meat
Verdict: ALTERED
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Former US President Donald Trump has been arrested in New York
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Somali region’s Special Forces soldiers captured by Jarso farmers in the Oromia region in March 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya leader Raila Odinga called for a boycott of the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC)
Verdict: PARTLY FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
