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No, Jackie Chan Didn’t Wear a T-Shirt Promoting Uganda’s First Son to Be “The Next President”

by Eric Olander
A 2010 photo of kung fu superstar Jackie Chan with the image on the left doctored to include a photo of Ugandan First Son General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Images via Pesa Check.

The fact-checking team at Pesa Check debunked a photo that’s been circulating on Twitter and Facebook showing Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan purportedly wearing a t-shirt with a photo of the first son of Uganda, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, with the caption “The Next President.”

The problem is, the photo of Chan is almost 13 years old!

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