Uganda’s President Appoints His Son As Army Chief

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has selected his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as leader of the military, the defense ministry revealed on Friday.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, 48, a general in the army, is generally regarded as his father’s replacement in waiting and once aroused argument by threatening to invade neighboring Kenya. The ministry narrated in a statement he substitutes Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, who was removed and assigned as a junior minister.

In 2022, Museveni get rid of his son as commander of Uganda’s land forces after he made warnings to invade neighboring Kenya in posts on social media platform X.