“Government has reversed the decision to close schools during Mau Evictions”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“In 1789, being a member of Congress in the U.S. was considered a civic duty, and they were only paid 50 cents a day.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Viral posts suggest that President Trump's three eldest children are only citizens because of "birthright citizenship.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“High Court has quashed a section of the law that denied capital offenders remission”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.”
PolitiFact rated this: Blends three heroic events
“Uasin Gishu County Assembly first to pass the Punguza Mizigo bill”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Claim: Lourdammal Simon was first woman minister of Tamil Nadu”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating: Mixture
“Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Nnamdi Kanu urged IPOB members in Japan to arrest the Nigerian President, alleges media publications.”
DUBAWA rated this: True
“Quotes George Washington as saying "when any nation mistrusts its citizens with guns … It no longer trusts its citizens because such a government has evil plans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Swiss Bank has revealed that there are 34 lakh crore rupees in the account of the present Congress President.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Nyeri County opposes the Punguza Mizigo bill”
PesaCheck rated this: FALSE
“Nyeri County opposes the Punguza Mizigo bill”
PesaCheck rated this: False.
“Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“The push by Assembly Democrats seeking Americans with Disabilities Act accommodations for a lawmaker were timed to make Vos look bad as he became president "of the nation’s largest bipartisan organization called the National Conference of State Legislatures.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton claims there has been a 130 per cent rise in self-harm incidents since the so-called Medevac bill took effect on March 1, 2019.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton
“President Kenyatta attends TICAD 7 conference in Japan”
PesaCheck rated this: TRUE
“Claim: Naam Tamilar party members arrested in prostitution case”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
“A meme claims that former President Obama separated "89,000 children ... from parents at border," and that President Trump separated only 1,900.”
FactCheck.org rated this: False
“Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False