Claim: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently tweeted an image of a scenic mountain capped with snow and claimed it showed the country's beautiful Rwenzori mountains, which include Africa's third highest peak. But this was misleading; the image was taken more than 14,000 kilometres  away in New Zealand's Hooker Valley. The president's tweet was later deleted.
Fact-check: Ugandan president shares misleading New Zealand photo in tweet on Rwenzori mountains
Verdict: ugandan president shares misleading new zealand photo in tweet on rwenzori mountains
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Mary Kulundu
Date published: 2022-12-20T13:44:00