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Is the Uganda Express Highway the most expensive road in the world?

Former presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye quoted in his tweet that the express highway in Uganda is the most expensive in the world.

Yes, it was really expensive to have it done but does it still stand as the most expensive road?

Our fact-checkers and producers from Debunk Media Initiative bring you some facts in this episode of The Debunk Show.

Watch to the end to have some factual knowledge of the road construction sector as we demystify these statements.

Debunk Media Initiative

Uganda's first premier fact-checking show

A fact checking organization & show series that aims at breaking the cycle of misinformation and fakenews through multi-media projects

MISLEADING: There Is No Evidence That President Museveni Deployed The Special Force Command  In Kenya To Save Ruto’s Regime From Collapse

July 19, 2024 No Comments

The Uganda People’s Defence Force dismissed the claims made by The Kampala Journal. The Claim A tweet purporting Uganda’s involvement in the recent Kenyan riots led by Gen Z against the previously introduced finance bill and the government is inaccurate Analysis The tweet from The Kampala Journal X account claimed that  Uganda’s President who also

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False: This is not an image of the UPDF who were allegedly Deployed To quell the 2024 Kenya Finance Bill Riots

July 16, 2024 No Comments

An X post claiming that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni sent 40 truckloads of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) to Kenya during the anti-Financial Bill riots. The post was accompanied by a photo showing a military truck and soldiers on the move.  Research: Through a Google Lens reverse image search, we found several stories published

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Out Of Context: The Image Depicting The Kyaggwe Football Team’s Fans Being Involved In A Fatal Accident Is From Another Incident In 2023

July 12, 2024 No Comments

An online publication dubbed Kyaggwe TV published a story on June 30th,2024 portraying an accident involving fans of the county football team (Kyaggwe football team) with a photo seemingly of the unfortunate incident.  Since then, the story has been widely shared, especially on WhatsApp, and has raised concerns and utter grief because of the state

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FAKE: This Digital Card Purporting To Quote President Museveni Is Fabricated

July 2, 2024 No Comments

A digital card shared on X (formerly Twitter) with the branding of Kenyans.co.ke purportedly quoting the Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is FAKE. The card seems to suggest a rather questionable take by Uganda’s president on the recent tax riots in Kenya.  “Our neighbours, Kenyans, are picketing in the streets instead of working. The demonstrations are

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FALSE: This Video Doesn’t Show Ugandan MPs Voting On Age Limit Removal And Censure Of Corrupt Commissioners

July 1, 2024 No Comments

This TikTok video purportedly comparing Ugandan legislators’ parliament attendance during the age-limit debate and censure of alleged corrupt commissioners is FALSE. The images used in the video are from different events in parliament and are unrelated to the ones mentioned in the video. The two images represent neither a plenary session when MPs debated the

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A Comment Asserting There’s Never Been More People Living In Africa Is Incorrect

“And yet there’s never been more people living in Africa,” these are words captioned on a graph originally created by Steve Sailer  titled World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision shared on twitter on…

MISLEADING: There Is No Evidence That President Museveni Deployed The Special Force Command  In Kenya To Save Ruto’s Regime From Collapse

The Uganda People’s Defence Force dismissed the claims made by The Kampala Journal. The Claim A tweet purporting Uganda’s involvement in the recent Kenyan riots led by Gen Z against the previously…

FALSE: The Katikkiro of Buganda Did not Attack NUP Party President Robert Kyagulanyi

An X post claiming that the Katikkiro (Prime Minister) of Buganda Kingdom, Charles Peter Mayiga  abused and attacked the National Unity (NUP) Party President Robert Kyagulanyi  is FALSE. A video was attached…

False: This is not an image of the UPDF who were allegedly Deployed To quell the 2024 Kenya Finance Bill Riots

An X post claiming that Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni sent 40 truckloads of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) to Kenya during the anti-Financial Bill riots. The post was accompanied by a…

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