KAMPALA – The lieutenant normal son of Uganda’s president stated on Tuesday he had retired from the army, in a transfer extensively seen as getting ready the bottom for a possible run for the presidency in 2026.
Critics of President Yoweri Museveni say Muhoozi Kainerugaba who has been within the army for greater than 20 years, was rushed via the ranks by his father. Many Ugandans consider Kainerugaba is being groomed to succeed Museveni.
“After 28 years of service in my wonderful army, the best army on this planet, I'm pleased to announce my retirement,” Kainerugaba stated on Twitter on Tuesday, with out giving causes for his retirement.
Museveni,77, who has dominated the east African nation since 1986, has repeatedly denied accusations he wished handy over energy to his son, though Kainerugaba’s supporters say he has a proper to hunt the nation’s presidency like some other citizen.
Kainerugaba, a prolific Twitter person who expressed his help https://twitter.com/mkainerugaba/standing/1498094460580016128 for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, this yr helped mend Uganda’s strained relations with neighbouring Rwanda after travelling to Kigali and assembly President Paul Kagame.
Supporters of Kainerugaba, 47, have been urgent a marketing campaign on social media and elsewhere for him to face in 2026, though he has not publicly declared any intention to run for workplace. Ugandan legislation forbids troopers from taking part in politics.
Human rights teams, Ugandan opposition and authorities critics have lengthy accused his father of utilizing the army to maintain himself in energy via intimidating and jailing his opponents.
Museveni was re-elected in January final yr, beating pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine. Wine rejected the end result, alleging widespread irregularities.
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