South African musician Yvonne Chaka Chaka seems to be laughing off claims that she was deported from Uganda.
“If I was deported would they buy me a business class ticket? Nooooo they just put [you] on the plane. Now you know,” tweeted the Umqombothi singer.
She took to Twitter to assure her fans and family that she “had not been arrested or deported” as reported by several East and Southern African media outlets.
“After reading all this I don’t know if I should just laugh or cry. All I am asking for is [please] stop hate speech and fake news. What is this world coming to?” said Yvonne Chaka Chaka.
But the Ugandan police force said the musician was turned away because she had not acquired a visa that would allow her to perform in a concert as she had planned to.
“We have hoping that in the future that…Chaka Chaka will visit us when she applies for the right visa,” said a senior Ugandan police officer in a video posted on Twitter.
According to Uganda’s Daily Monitor, the South African musician was set to perform at the Enkuka Yomwaka show taking place at Kabaka’s palace, in Mengo, Kampala.
The Enkuka Yomwaka concert was organised by the Buganda Kingdom and is usually held annually.
