In a statement published on President Museveni’s official website, the Ugandan president apologized to Kenya and to Ugandans for his son and Commander of land forces of the Uganda people’s defense forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s reckless tweets that pointed to an invasion of Kenya by Uganda’s forces.
Muhoozi on Monday wrote a series of tweets on his official twitter handle that scratched Kenyans the wrong way.
Haha! I love my Kenyan relatives. Constitution? Rule of law? You must be joking! For us there is only the Revolution and you will soon learn about it!
— Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) October 3, 2022
It wouldn't take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi.
— Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) October 3, 2022
President Museveni now says muhoozi erred in using a public forum to discuss national matters.
“I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi, former Commander of Land Forces here, regarding the election matters in that great country. It is not correct for Public officers, be they civilian or military, to comment or interfere in any way, in the internal affairs of brother countries. The only available legitimate forum is the Peer Review Mechanism of the African Union or confidential interactions among us or EAC and AU fora –not public comments. ” Museveni said
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Whereas Museveni dropped Muhoozi as commander land forces after the tweets, he in-turn promoted him to full four star general, the highest rank available in the Ugandan army. he says this is a reward for the many good things he has done.
“Why, then, promote him to full General after these comments? This is because this mistake is one aspect where he has acted negatively as a Public officer. There are, however, many other positive contributions the General has made and can still make. This is a time- tested formula –discourage the negative and encourage the positive. Very sorry, ndugu zetu Wakenya. Also sorry to the Ugandans who could have been annoyed by one of their officials meddling in the affairs of brother Kenya.” he said
Musveni ended his apology letter by revealing that he has conveyed his apologies to Kenyan president William Ruto.
“I know for a fact that General Muhoozi is a passionate Pan-Africanist. However, the correct method for Pan-Africanists is confidential interactions or using the available fora (EAC and AU), especially if you are a Public officer. I have conveyed all those views confidentially to H.E. Ruto, the President of Kenya.”
At 48, Muhoozi is now the youngest four star general in Uganda.
