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}
],
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}
] | 8-2-2019 |
|
null | Deputy president William Ruto | false | speech | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim"
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"Written Evidence",
"Numerical Comparison"
] | The Kenyan government connected 6.9 million people to electricity supply, in the period 2014 to 2019. | This claim is refuted. According to the QA pairs, the Kenyan government since elected in June 2013 have added 4.43 million to the electricity supply- not 6.9 million as claimed. Therefore, this claim is refuted. | GB | null | [
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],
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}
],
"question": "How many people were connected to electricity in 2013?"
},
{
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{
"answer": "Some 6.76 million customers were connected to the electricity grid by 30 June 2018, according to the latest report by national utility Kenya Power.",
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],
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},
{
"answers": [
{
"answer": "in those five years some 4.43 million more customers - not 6.9 million - were added to the national grid.",
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}
],
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}
] | 8-2-2019 |
null | Kenyan Deputy President, William Ruto | false | Chatham House Speech | Supported | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210719202020/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/kenyas-ruto-chatham-house-verifying-deputy-presidents-london-speech | [
"Numerical Comparison"
] | The Kenyan diaspora is the largest contributor to the Kenyan foreign currency. | Although a figure is not given for comparison in the answer it confirms that the highest income earner was from foreign remittance | KE | null | [
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}
],
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}
] | 8-2-2019 |
null | Kenyan Deputy President, William Ruto | false | Chatham House speech | Conflicting Evidence/Cherrypicking | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210719202020/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/kenyas-ruto-chatham-house-verifying-deputy-presidents-london-speech | [
"Numerical Comparison"
] | The current Kenyan government has constructed 7,000 kilometres of tarmac in the last five years – 12,000 kilometres were constructed in 50 years. | The evidence found only dates back to 2017 data. We would need data from 2018 to clarify whether this claim is supported or not. However, the claim states 12,000 km of tarmac were constructed in 50 years, but one of the answers states 20,600 km of bitumen roads in 2017. According to one source, it was 13,180 kilometers. Therefore, there is conflicting evidence. | KE | null | [
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},
{
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"answer": "Kenya had 11,230 kilometres of bitumen roads in 2013.",
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}
],
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},
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"answer": "Kenyatta’s 2017 election manifesto says his administration built 1,950 kilometres of paved road from 2013 to 2017, for a total of 13,180 kilometres.",
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}
],
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}
] | 8-2-2019 |
null | William Ruto | false | null | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210719202020/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/kenyas-ruto-chatham-house-verifying-deputy-presidents-london-speech | [
"Numerical Comparison"
] | The number of people on health insurance in Kenya has increased from 3 million to 7 million in a record five years. | Based on the available data from the QA the figures appears to be slightly off and this makes the claim wrong and so it's refuted. In 2013/14 4,713,662 had health insurance, in 2017/18 it had 7,657,463 and as QA pair 3 calculates this is an increase of nearly 3 million but the initial figure in the claim is much lower than the actual statistics from 2013/14 by 1.7 million so it's not risen quite as much as the claim suggests. | KE | null | [
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],
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null | Deputy president William Ruto | false | speech | Supported | [
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"Numerical Comparison"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
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"Numerical Claim"
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"Numerical Comparison"
] | In 2013, on the 50th anniversary of Kenya’s independence, 2.33 million were connected to the power grid. | Confirmed with an exact number of 2,330, 962. provided. | KE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNe_rKMlwsY&feature=youtu.be&t=2392 | [
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] | 8-2-2019 |
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"Numerical Claim"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | Kenyan Deputy President, William Ruto | false | Chatham House speech | Supported | [
"Numerical Claim"
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] | The current Kenyan government has built a standard-gauge railway of 600 kilometres in the last five years. | This claim is suppported. According to the QA pairs, the current Kenyan government have built a standard gauge railway which consists of a modern, efficient transport system that makes travel safe, comfortable and affordable for passengers across the country. The Office of th President of Kenya has stated that amount of track that has so far been laid is 472km. 472km is part of phase 1 of the project, implying there is more track to be laid. However, the claim states that 600km of track has been laid over the past 5 years. In the metadata provided, a spokesperson from the office of SGR stated that "the main line is 472 km and the total track built 607.4 km... the difference is because there are areas on the main line with multiple tracks. These include two main stations and seven intermediate stations." The previously stated number of 472km stated seems to be exclusive to the main train line laid, whilst the figure of 607.4km is conclusive of everything intermediate stations. Therefore, the claim is supported as, despite being 'main track' or not, 607.4km (600 kiometres in the claim) has been laid in Kenya. | KE | null | [
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] | 8-2-2019 |
https://web.archive.org/web/20230607155949/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNe_rKMlwsY&feature=youtu.be&t=2392 | William Ruto | false | Youtube | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim"
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"Numerical Comparison"
] | Kenya has built a standard-gauge railway of 600 kilometres in the last five years. | Evidence shows that phase 1 of the Standard Gauge Railway from Mombasa to Nairobi has 472 km of track completed rather than the claimed 600 km. Hence, the claim is refuted. | KE | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNe_rKMlwsY&feature=youtu.be&t=2392 | [
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | William Ruto | false | null | Not Enough Evidence | [
"Numerical Claim"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | William Ruto | false | null | Refuted | [
"Event/Property Claim"
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"answer": "The Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project is one of Kenya's Vision 2030 flagship projects that will play an important role in improving the transport system as well as strengthening cooperation among East Africa Community (EAC) Member states and promote economic development of the region.\n\nThe old meter gauge line, initially called the Uganda Railway, was built between 1896 and 1901, a time when the land had yet to acquire the name Kenya. For British colonists, it was a vast yet insignificant land that stood between them and the rich resources in Uganda. To open up Uganda, to tighten control over the \"British East Africa\" and to end the then notorious slave trade, the British government decided to lay a rail line to link the port of Mombasa and Uganda.",
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] | 8-2-2019 |
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"Numerical Claim"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
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"Consultation"
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"answer": "According to the latest data, his regime has built 80,000 kilometres of roads between 2013 and 2018, taking Kenya’s road network to 246,757 kilometres.\nNotably, Uhuru’s administration has increased the length of tarmacked roads by 6,000km to 17,600km in 2018. This claim is true and can be checked in the source.",
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] | 8-2-2019 |
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"Numerical Claim"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | Deputy president William Ruto | true | speech | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim"
] | https://web.archive.org/web/20210719202020/https://africacheck.org/fact-checks/reports/kenyas-ruto-chatham-house-verifying-deputy-presidents-london-speech | [
"Written Evidence",
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"answer": "In 2018 remittances were at US$2.697 billion. Using the central bank’s exchange rate for 8 February 2019, when Ruto made the claim, this works out to KSh270.1 billion. Nearly half was from North America.\nThe deputy president said the amount was “upwards” of KSh290 billion, so we rate his claim is therefore false.",
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | William Ruto | true | null | Refuted | [
"Event/Property Claim"
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"answer": "the China Road and Bridge Corporation – the Chinese firm that built it",
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] | 8-2-2019 |
https://web.archive.org/web/20230607160814/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNe_rKMlwsY&t=2304s&ab_channel=AutozoomMedia | William Ruto | true | YouTube | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim"
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"Numerical Comparison"
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] | 8-2-2019 |
null | William Ruto | true | null | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
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null | Rick Williams | false | Facebook | Refuted | [
"Numerical Claim",
"Event/Property Claim"
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] | 7-2-2019 |
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] | 7-2-2019 |
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