Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to Kenya after his son, a general who has been outspoken on social media, tweeted threats to invade the neighboring country and capture its capital in two weeks and also provoking remarks about Kenya’s recent elections.
“I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi,” Museveni said in a statement on Wednesday (5 October), adding that public officers should not interfere in the affairs of other countries. “I know for a fact that General Muhoozi is a passionate Pan-Africanist,” Musaveni said, adding that “however, the correct method for Pan-Africanists is confidential interactions or using the available [forums].” General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who later said he made the provoking comments about Kenya in jest, is widely known for having been outspoken on social media, frequently sparring with opposition figures and weighing into politics. Uganda’s opposition and analysts have long believed the country’s 78-year-old president, who has ruled the country since 1986, is grooming his son to succeed him when he retires.
After a nearly two-year dispute between his father and President Paul Kagame, Kainerugaba was instrumental in restoring relations between Ugandan and neighboring Rwanda this past year. After a series of tweets in which he suggested that Uganda and Kenya abandon their colonial borders, Kainerugaba was forced from his position as commander of the land forces. “It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi,” he tweeted. Museveni also announced that Kainerugaba was promoted from four-star general to acknowledge his positive contributions.
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