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Days after a rambunctious meeting with U.S.
President Donald Trump at the White House, a more subdued West
presented Yoweri Museveni with a pair of white sports shoes made
by his own company that he and Kardashian then signed with a
marker pen.
The couple arrived on Friday and are staying at a luxurious
safari lodge in a national park that boasts spectacular
waterfalls and wild game including buffaloes, antelopes, lions,
giraffes and warthogs.
Museveni's office said the president gave the U.S. entertainment
stars Ugandan names.
He dubbed West - who himself declared last month that he wanted
to be known as just "Ye" - "Kanyesigye", a common name among the
Banyankore, the ethnic group that Museveni hails from.
Kardashian was granted the name "Kemigisha", meaning "the one
with blessings from God," Museveni's office said in a statement.
West "expressed happiness at being in Uganda, describing it as
his second home," the statement said, adding that West pledged
to put up a "world class tourism school in the country saying it
will be a foundation of tourism not only in Uganda but the East
Africa region in general."
Museveni, 74, has been in office since 1986 and in January
signed a law that scrapped a 75-year age cap for presidential
candidates, a move critics said was aimed at him remaining in
power indefinitely.
One of his most vocal critics is 36-year-old pop
star-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi, known by his
stage-name Bobi Wine, who has gained strong support among young
Ugandans.
(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Aaron Maasho and
Robin Pomeroy)
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