Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Wednesday apologised to Kenya after his son, a senior military officer, tweeted threats to invade the neighboring country and capture its capital in two weeks, reported The Africa News.
“I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi,” Museveni said in a statement on Wednesday.
He added that public officers should not interfere in the affairs of other countries.
The apology came after Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba made a series of bizarre social media posts between Monday and Tuesday in relation to a military operation in neighbouring Kenya.
In one of his posts, Muhoozi claimed “it would take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi.”
The Ugandan head of state also noted that he had spoken confidentially with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto, who took power last month.
In his statement, President Museveni also indicated the rational of promoting his son to general despite the controversy stirred.
” 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,” he said. “This is a time-tested formula – discourage the negative and encourage the positive.”
The Ugandan defence ministry promoted Major General Kayanja Muhanga, the commander of the ongoing Shujaa operation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, to replace Gen Muhoozi, dubbed as ‘the tweeting general’ of Uganda, as the commander of the country’s land forces.
Notably, Gen Muhoozi’s tweets in support of Tigrayan rebels in northern Ethiopia angered Addis Ababa, while his thoughts on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and last year’s coup in Guinea also raised eyebrows. His father and Ugandan President Museveni, who has been power since 1986, may again run for president in the 2026 election.
