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Dec 20, 2024 · For democracy to function, public figures need to be held to account for what they say. The claims they make need to be checked, openly and impartially.
Fact-checking in Kenya 2024: Education funding puzzle, foreign …
4 days ago · Education. One of Ruto and his ministers' favourite tropes was education funding. In January, his then education minister said: “The government spends over 30% of its total revenue of the entire budget on matters education.”; In February Ruto was in Japan and in April he was in Ghana, where he claimed that Kenya spent “KSh650 …
From election myths to health misinformation: The top 5 claims …
Dec 20, 2024 · #1 Elections: Where did my non-vote go? Of all the election-related claims we fact-checked in 2024 (and there were many!), the most read was an old myth that resurfaces every poll cycle in South Africa. The claim is that the vote of anyone who doesn’t vote is “automatically” assigned to the ruling party. Despite being over a decade old, it went viral on social media ahead of the country ...
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Ignore fake Amani Africa poll showing Kenya's Odinga leading …
Dec 20, 2024 · Raila Odinga is Kenya’s former prime minister. In February 2023, he announced his bid to chair the African Union Commission (AUC).. The AUC is the secretariat of the African Union (AU) and manages the day-to-day activities of the 55-country bloc.It is headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With elections for a new chair scheduled for February 2025, the AU hosted “ Mjadala Afrika ”, the ...
No evidence for claim that Kenyan president Ruto was rushed …
Dec 20, 2024 · The context. False rumours about the health of public figures are common. Africa Check has debunked similar false claims about the health of other well-known Kenyans, such as Raila Odinga, Francis Atwoli, Wafula Chebukati, and Kanze Dena.. In November, a university student was charged in court for sharing images of a casket draped in the Kenyan flag and falsely claiming Ruto had died.
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In 2020, we kicked off #KeepTheFactsGoing, a media literacy campaign in six languages.Each week we send out a WhatsApp voice note that brings fact-checking skills to our audience and debunks common health myths.
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Nov 18, 2024 · For democracy to function, public figures need to be held to account for what they say. The claims they make need to be checked, openly and impartially.
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Africa Check is a non-profit organisation set up in 2012 to promote accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. We depend on donations to bring you quality, fact-based information and keep public figures accountable. Africa needed an organisation dedicated to holding public figures ...
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Africa Check is a nonpartisan organisation committed to promoting accuracy in public debate and the media in Africa. To do this effectively, we follow the best practices in fact-checking, recognised by the world’s leading nonpartisan fact-checking organisations. We …