Muhoozi promoted to Full General
President Yoweri Museveni, the Commander in Chief of the armed forces has ditched the first son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the Commander of the UPDF Land Forces.
Muhoozi has been replaced by Gen Kayanja Muhanga who has been upgraded to the rank of Lieutenant General.
Muhoozi has however been promoted from Lt General to a full general the highest Rank in the UPDF.
In his active twitter account, the first son changed his credentials from Commander Land Forces to Special Presidential Advisor/Special Operations.
These changes come after Muhoozi posted a series of controversial tweets on capturing Nairobi within two weeks.
Muhoozi promoted to Full General
“It would take us, my army and me two weeks to capture Nairobi. After we capture Nairobi, where should I live? Westlands? Riverside?”
He goes on to write, “I am happy that members of our district in Kenya have responded enthusiastically to my tweet. It’s still two weeks to Nairobi.”he writes
In another tweet he posted, he said: ”Had a good discussion with my great father this morning. Apparently, my tweets scared Kenyans too much? He will announce the changes. There is a special prayer I shall make for our army.”
He adds in another tweet thus: “After capturing Nairobi, I shall take my wife on a tour of our district.”
He further states that “After we create our East African Federation. President Museveni will be President, Afande Ruto will be Vice President, My brother Uhuru will be Foreign Affairs Minister. I just want to be CDF of the East African forces.”
The tweets have drawn controversy from members of the public both in Kenya and Uganda.
Following his tweets, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has dismissed the sentiments of the Commander Land Forces saying Uganda respects and enjoys cordial working relationship with Kenya.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs wishes to clarify that the government of the Republic of Uganda doesn’t conduct its foreign policy and other official business through social media nor does it depend on social media sources in dealing with other sovereign governments,” the statement reads in part.
