Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:
Claim: Kenya’s education minister has not announced that 29- to 35-year-old Kenyans will rewrite major high school exam
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Africa Check
Claim: Kenya’s prime cabinet secretary criticise own government over controversial house tax
Verdict: MISSING CONTEXT
Source: Africa Check
Claim: 20 Nigerians have been publicly executed in Saudi Arabia after a recent arrest for drug trafficking.
Verdict: MISLEADING
Source: Dubawa
Claim: Ghana’s agricultural sector grew by 0.7% in 2022 – NDC Flagbearer
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Dubawa – Ghana
Claim: Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) in Shewa Robit, Amhara region, in May 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Kenyan lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi invite the public to attend the Jubilee Party (JP) National Delegates Conference scheduled for 22 May 2023
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
Claim: Kenya Defence Cabinet Secretary (CS) Aden Duale confessed that Raila Odinga won the 2022 presidential election
Verdict: FALSE
Source: Pesa Check
