By Kamuntu Frank Omuvandimwe
This week, the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba thrilled the ‘Commander of We Speak What Others Fear’ Andrew Irumba after he publicly ruled out the possibility of Uganda being ruled by a civilian after President Museveni leaves power.
In his post on X (formerly Twitter), Muhoozi said the security forces would not allow a civilian to hold the country’s highest office.
“No civilian will lead Uganda after President Museveni. The security forces will not allow it. The next leader will be a soldier or policeman,” Gen Muhoozi posted.
According to Irumba such an open mind of Muhoozi automatically switches him into the deputy position.
So now, all civilian POLI-TRICIANS should stop wasting people’s time. They even draw money from the national coffers to fund opposition parties led by civilians, when actually the truth is, it’s the security that determines who leads the Country every electoral cycle. Now why are we wasting money and causing deaths and imprisonment of young people when we know the truth?
This comes few months after Muhoozi released a series of mind-boggling posts, including one in which he described Rwabwogo as the “biggest thief” in Uganda, wondering why President Museveni would take pictures with him.
Moments later, the ‘Disciples of Odrek Rwabwogo’ issued a statement, saying Gen Muhoozi’s remarks were motivated by envy and were a “project of intrigue enforced by an irrational coward suffering from an extreme sense of entitlement”.
Muhoozi first attracted widespread international attention on Twitter last October when he spoke of the ease with which he could invade neighbouring Kenya: “It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi,” he posted.
Later Museveni responded by sacking Muhoozi from his role as commander of Uganda’s land forces. Museveni also said his son “will leave Twitter”. But Muhoozi is still on the social media platform. After tweeting, “Respect this man!” alongside a picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin in October, he later tweeted that “Uganda shall send soldiers to defend Moscow if it’s ever threatened by the Imperialists!”
In other tweets, Muhoozi has openly said; ”In my life there has only been one Superman. One ‘Man of Steel’, my father General Yoweri Museveni. He always was and still is my ‘Ideal of Hope’. He teaches us every day that we can be better than we think.”
”I am the General who always seeks peace. Only fools desire war. War destroys families and futures. My last tweet today is to my Israeli and Arab brothers. We are all children of Father Abraham, can’t we find a way out of this senseless conflict?”
