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Fact checking Uhuru Kenyatta's 2019 State of the Nation address

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the State of the Nation Address at Parliament building on April 4, 2019. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Under public pressure to rein in corruption, Kenya President Uhuru Kenyatta promised an “all-out assault” as he delivered his sixth state of the nation address in April 2019.

But as he listed the achievements of his administration in parliament, was he on target with his facts? We checked.

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