Because it had been debunked like within 24 hours, but it gets clicks so other media keep re-sharing it.

Here's where it has been debunked.

*Our much acclaimed huge gold discovery is mere fool’s gold8
https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/commentary/our-much-acclaimed-huge-gold-discovery-is-mere-fool-s-gold-3849986

cryptocoin

Has the Uganda news been covered in any mainstream platform? Super strange to not see it anywhere else.