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This article is more than 5 years old It's promises season in Kenya, as the country looks to a general election on 8 August. This week we fact-checked the ruling Jubilee party’s manifesto as it seeks a second term. The National Super Alliance (Nasa), seen as Jubilee’s main rival, has also launched its manifesto . But Nasa’s document is not without confusion - two versions are publicly available, one said to be focused on policy and the other implementation. Nasa leader Raila Odinga downplayed their existence , saying both documents spoke to the other. Dr David Ndii , a prominent Kenyan economist who led the team that wrote the manifesto told Africa Check that only this version is authentic. (Note: See the other version here .) Make sure you are fact-checking the correct document. There are all sorts of documents out there, Ndii said. Look for the one titled ‘A Strong Nation ‘... ignore the other ones. We looked at some of the claims in the version he referred us to. The country’s foreign debt in March 2013 when the Jubilee administration was elected was KSh816 billion according to the Central Bank of Kenya’s records on public debt . When Jubilee begun its first full financial year on 1 July 2013, the debt was at KSh843.6 billion. This is also reflected in the economic survey 2017 , t h e c o u n t r y ’ s o f f i c i a l a n n u a l s t a t i s t i c s r e p o r t. Foreign debt ended the year at KSh922.4 billion. In March 2017, when the most recent data is available, foreign debt was KSh2.16 trillion. (It was at KSh1.89 trillion at the end of December 2016 - the level referred to in the claim.) It is correct that foreign debt has increased two-fold since 2013 as the manifesto says, but it is more than 115%. It is now at 156%.
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