Bill Clinton Meets Bill Clinton: Former President Has Lunch With Ugandan Boy Named After Him (PHOTOS)

In 1998, Bill Clinton -- then the president of the United States -- held a baby who was named after him in an African village in Uganda.

According to the Clinton Foundation's website, the baby was named Bill Clinton because he was born in the same month the American head of state first arrived in the African nation.

Now, fourteen years later, the former president has met his "Ugandan son" again.

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According to the Ugandan newspaper Daily Monitor, the two Bill Clintons met in Entebbe, Uganda last Friday.

“[Clinton] was very happy to see the boy. He asked him what he wants and the boy informed him he wants to become a doctor. He promised to look after his 'son' in every way," Betty Namugosa, the teenager's mother, said.

The teen, whose full name is Master Bill Clinton Kaligani, was airlifted to Entebbe to meet his namesake, where he and Clinton sat down for a light lunch.

Kaligani -- who, according to AllAfrica.com, had to miss an exam to meet the former president -- said it was a thrill to meet the man who has made such an impact in his life.

“I feel good. He told me he also wanted me to be a doctor, that I should work hard and pass in my studies,” Kaligani said.

The teen's mother told the Daily Monitor that Clinton has promised to fund Kaligani's education.

According to the Innovations For Poverty Action blog, Clinton was in Uganda to support an effort to "eliminate diarrheal deaths among Ugandan children." The Clinton Health Access Initiative, which he founded in 2002, is working with the Ugandan Ministry of Health to help increase access to effective treatments for diarrhea.

h/t: Reddit

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