“President Kenyatta rejects Ksh325B loan from China”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
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“Embakasi North MP James Gakuya is not related to Kasarani MP Mercy Gakuya”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Embakasi North MP James Gakuya is not related to Kasarani MP Mercy Gakuya”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“The UPA government constructed only 25 lakh houses in their last 4 years where as the current BJP government in the last 4 years constructed 1.25 crore houses, a difference of 1 crore houses.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Picture of Nigeria’s Abubakar with US President Donald Trump”
Africa Check rated this: False
“The Government cut funding by $1.2 billion from aged care in Scott Morrison's first budget as treasurer”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Misleading
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is misleading. In Mr Morrison's first year as federal treasurer — that is, 2016-17 — total Commonwealth funding for aged care (excluding the pension and other forms of income support for seniors, but …
“GEM online platform for government procurement from vendors to reduce corruption and increase transparency”
FACTLY rated this: UNVERIFIED
“The gender pay gap has fallen from 17.2 per cent to 14.5 per cent under the policies of our government.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Overreach
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Morrison's claim is overreach. His numbers check out, although they differ slightly to those from the government agency officially tasked with publishing the gender pay gap. However, they oversimplify what has happen…
“A National Civil Aviation Policy was unveiled in 2016 to transform the sector”
FACTLY rated this: UNVERIFIED
FACTLY says: While it is true that the National Civil Aviation Policy was unveiled in 2016, it is not clear what the government meant by transformation of the sector
“Modi government paid interest of Rs 40,000 crore on oil bonds.”
FACTLY rated this: TRUE
“Fact: Liberal Prime Minister Harold Holt abolished the White Australia Policy over 50 years ago.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Simplistic
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Wilson's claim is simplistic. The White Australia policy was dismantled, piece by piece, over decades spanning governments both Liberal and Labor. Experts told Fact Check the 1966-67 Holt government's reforms were cr…
“Swiss Bank deposits by Indians decreased during the current NDA government while they increased during the UPA regime.”
FACTLY rated this: PARTLY TRUE
“It is a matter of history that incumbent governments find it nigh on impossible to win seats off an opposition at a by-election. For the last 100 years or so no government, of either political persuasion, has won a seat off an opposition at a by-election.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Senator Cormann is correct. The last time an opposition lost a seat to a government at a by-election was in 1920 — almost 100 years ago. The previous MP in that by-election, Hugh Mahon, remains the only member in the hi…
“The annual average export growth rate is higher during the UPA II compared to the current NDA government”
FACTLY rated this: TRUE
“A National Civil Aviation Policy was unveiled in 2016 to transform the sector”
FACTLY rated this: UNVERIFIED
“Under the UPA II, the average annual MSP growth rate was 19.3%, under the NDA government; this has fallen to 3.6%”
FACTLY rated this: TRUE
“This year's budget is the fifth year in a row that the Australian Government has cut Australian aid.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Correct
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Ms Anderson's claim is correct. Across the five financial years from 2014-15 to 2018-19, the aid budget has been cut twice in nominal terms. And while data from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows that nom…
“Government paying compensation in case of accidental deaths”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“The Winter Session of Parliament postponed in 2011 during UPA rule”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“85% Indians trust their government, 55% support autocracy and 27% want a strong leader”
FACTLY rated this: TRUE