{UAH} Ugandans really, really want Trevor Noah to pay them visit

Ugandans really, really want Trevor Noah to pay them visit

Ugandans on Twitter are sharing doctored images of South African comedian Trevor Noah touring their country.

Why, you ask?

Ugandan online newspaper Matooke Republic reported Thursday that the US-based comedian and host of The Daily Show would be headlining a comedy festival in the country in November.

Mr Noah quickly shot down the claim: "This is a scam, I'm not coming to Uganda."

But Ugandans are having none of it.

They've launched an online campaign, using the Twitter hashtag #TrevorNoahVisitsUganda, showing the comedian "visiting" various sites in their country.

Image copyrightTWITTER/@KAFUNDAKREATIVE

The newspaper which first reported the news said on Facebook that this "confirmed Ugandans have a very good sense of humour...it seems he will come by force".

The online paper told the BBC that it had received this information from a popular Ugandan comedian and event organiser, adding: "We are a reputable media outlet, providing Uganda's only free newspaper and we are not in the fake news and scam business."

A local collective called Kafunda Kreative Photoshopped Mr Noah into several of its images from their #KoiKoiUg project, which aims to use social media to break stereotypes about Uganda.

In a more convincing tone, a Uganda-based regional coffee organisation tweeted at Mr Noah why it thinks he should pay the country a visit.

Image copyrightTWITTER/@AFCA_COFFEE

One Twitter user shared a doctored image of Mr Noah hitching a ride on a bike "along the Kampala road heading to Bwaise".

The comedian also paid a visit - albeit a fictional one - to Uganda's famous Sipi Falls, a series of three waterfalls in the east of the country.

Can someone really go to all those places in just a day?

Mr Noah, Ugandans want you to find out!

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