Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West in Uganda

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In this archive photo from April 21, 2015, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the TIME 100 gala in New York.(Photo: Evan Agostini, Evan Agostini / Invision / AP)

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Ugandan officials said Kanye West and his wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian West, had arrived in Uganda for a private visit.

Information Minister Frank Tumwebaze told The Associated Press Saturday that Mr. West's visit "was an endorsement of our tourism resources." Government spokesman Ofwono Opondo said on Twitter that the American rapper was traveling with his wife.

They would be on vacation in a luxurious safari lodge overlooking the Nile, in the north of the East African nation.

Their presence in Uganda is seen as a blow to official tourism promoters, who have recently been criticized by the president for not having done enough to promote Uganda's natural attractions.