It was a normal Tuesday afternoon on Twitter until this photo of Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni was posted on Twitter.
#Uganda's president #Museveni takes an important 30min phone call by the roadside. pic.twitter.com/aDqfSCCKgG
— Rachael Akidi (@rakidi) July 12, 2016
From the looks of it, it was just a random photo of the President sitting down by the roadside while what it seems to be him taking a phone call. However, when you look at the photos above keenly, you could see that he made his motorcade stop in order for him to take the phone call and this aroused the interest of Twitter users who tried to come up with different theories.
Museveni heard El Chapo escaped prison so he had to stop the convoy mid way to confirm if Besigye is still in locks pic.twitter.com/8d9kKU853L
— Stifler (@Samzen_) July 12, 2016
But, the photo was quickly turned into a meme as people photoshopped the President sitting down in a host of different scenarios in pop culture.
Museveni was made to sit at the Iron Throne from the hit TV show: Game of Thrones
Hahahaha Y'all need to chill for a min pic.twitter.com/kYVhoo38hs
— Theradioguy (@kellamckenzie) July 12, 2016
Really Internet, really?
https://twitter.com/Tabs_Zoeloe/status/752814323031040000
More pop culture references
😂😂😂😂.. pic.twitter.com/kfddRf0cZp
— Acholi (@phillomavad) July 12, 2016
He was photoshopped to the moon…
M7 on the moon pic.twitter.com/tMOq9GGGx0
— Droid (@droid254) July 12, 2016
As an object in the new hit mobile game Pokemon Go
What are the chances Ugandans will find M7 pokemons on Pokemon Go pic.twitter.com/SNvcYwXfiN
— Droid (@droid254) July 12, 2016
In a class…
First week of campus and you realize you have been seated in the wrong class and you have to call the class rep pic.twitter.com/xtxGk62XxT
— Droid (@droid254) July 12, 2016
The next photoshop job was a crossover episode of memes of sort where Zimbabwe’s President’s famous fall was a popular meme last year and it was used in this case.
Made my evening!!!…#Museveni Vs #Mugabe…the #M7Challenge …#MuseveniPhoneCall pic.twitter.com/y9UYhGvlA4
— David Wanjala (@Daviproff) July 12, 2016
This photo even inspired people to start something called the Museveni challenge where they took seats to the roadside
#Musevenichallenge #Museveni #MuseveniPhoneCall pic.twitter.com/3cx5IQFxt2
— Bantu King (@unlimit_Edu) July 12, 2016
I was there during #MuseveniPhoneCallChallenge
#MuseveniChallenge #M7Challenge pic.twitter.com/pjgex8QJGM— Gee Mukama (@Gee256) July 12, 2016
#MuseveniChallenge #MuseveniChallenge #MuseveniChallenge pic.twitter.com/CLJH75kBhj
— I am Unstoppable (@BrianAtuheire) July 12, 2016
https://twitter.com/mrkaremani/status/752878926221942784
The President is actually quite social media savvy as he has a Twitter account and the last update made on the account was 5 hours ago. This is usually one of the fun things about social media as people make fun of photos like this and it would be interesting to see what he will say about the memefication of his photo.
