Year Gen. Muhoozi came out Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | January Jan. 5: Widespread condemnation of the Ugandan government after horrendous images of a tortured Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a writer and novelist, become public. Kakwenza was tortured by security agents after he sent out a tweet about First Son Gen. Muhoozi, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rosemary Nansubuga Sseninde, the National Resistance Movement-NRM National mobilizer has asked Gen. Muhoozi Kenerubaga to refrain from further making political comments that are likely to hurt the government and the ruling NRM party. According to Sseninde, whereas the general has the freedom of expression and …
Read More »Muhoozi tweets trigger look at regional armies
Military experts note growing capability of East Africa forces COVER STORY | Agencies & Independent Team | An article in one of South Africa’s top newspapers, the Mail & Guardian, has sparked renewed interest in the capabilities of armies in the East African region. The article was written against tweets made about …
Read More »THE INDEPENDENT: Muhoozi tweets, East African armies
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER STORY Muhoozi tweets trigger look at regional armies: Military experts note growing capability of East Africa forces THE LAST WORD The Lee Kuan Yew myth: Why I think Singapore would have transformed even with …
Read More »Muhoozi: I can only repay my mother by being Uganda’s president
“And I shall do it,” he said. Nairobi, Kenya | THE STAR KENYA | Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba now says that the only way he can repay his mother is by becoming President of Uganda. This is part of his continued Twitter ‘outbursts’ on taking over after …
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Inside the succession battle ahead of 2026 Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Until Gen. Salim Saleh appeared at the piping ceremony of his nephew Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, it appeared that veterans of the Bush War in Luwero preferred to stay away from the rabble-rousing erstwhile Army Commander of Land …
Read More »TWEETS: Museveni apologizes to Kenya
✳ Explains demotion of Muhoozi from UPDF Command ✳ Justifies promotion of son to General in the army Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “Dear Ugandans, the brotherly people of Kenya, and all East Africans. I greet all of you. I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us …
Read More »TWEETS: Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga replaces Gen Muhoozi
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | A day after a controversial tweet angered Kenyans, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been replaced as UPDF Commander land forces by Maj Gen Kayanja Muhanga. The tweet, that was a joke the Kenyans did not take lightly, indicated the Uganda army’s readiness to …
Read More »Govt officials clash over Muhoozi border re-opening party
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Nakawa Division Resident City Commissioner, Sheikh Kasim Kamugisha, and Kabale Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Abel Bakunda Mushambo have clashed over the invitation of Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the commandant of the Land Forces to the thanksgiving ceremony for the Katuna- border re-opening. The …
Read More »‘Muhoozi project is time bomb’
Researcher insists transition must be discussed seriously COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT REPORTER | Who will succeed President Yoweri Museveni, and under what circumstances? Given President Museveni’s advanced aged—he turned 78 this year—his transition from power is no longer a purely theoretical debate. The issue looms over Ugandan politics. However, …
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