Rihanna's announcement on Fenty's arrival in Africa ignites Kenya vs Uganda war

A Ugandan was not pleased about Fenty being in Kenya

• Fenty says their products will be available at Lintons beauty shops. 

• The news of Fenty's arrival in Kenya seemed to have did not please a Ugandan national who thought Kenya is too 'underdeveloped' to receive Rihanna's products.

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Rihanna posing for a picture
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The Kenya vs Uganda war is taking shape on social media platform Twitter, all because of an announcement made by singer Rihanna on Tuesday night. 

The RnB singer announced that her beauty and skin products Fenty will be entering the African market and Kenya is one of the countries where the products will be sold. 

"I've been waiting for this moment!! @fentybeauty & @fentyskin are finally dropping in Africa! Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe...we coming at ya May 27th and that’s just the beginning!" Rihanna announced. 

After the news, Africans wanted to know where the physical shops that will sell Fenty products will be located. 

The company clarified that their products will be available at Lintons beauty shops. 

The news of Fenty's arrival in Kenya seemed to have did not please a Ugandan national who thought Kenya is too 'underdeveloped' to receive Rihanna's products.

"Why is Kenya there, they do not even have electricity in Nairobi," the Ugandan national named Jonam's Princes replied to Rihanna's tweet. 

The tweet opened a can of worms, with Kenyans and Ugandans stepping in to defend their countries. 

There all manner of comparisons between Kenya and Uganda arose. 

Kenyans on Twitter(KOT) have retrieved several photos to compare the two countries, giving proof that indeed Kenya is a good market for Rihanna's products. 

Here are some hilarious tweets on the Kenya vs Uganda war.

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