Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary nominee Alfred Mutua says there is no need to be worried about Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s son Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s cryptic Kenyan invasion messages.
His remarks follow a meeting with Uganda’s ambassador to Kenya, Hassan Galiwango.
“This morning I shared a social cup of tea with Amb. Dr Hassan Galiwango – Uganda High Commissioner to Kenya. We discussed interesting matters. Mambo iko Sawa,” Mutua affirmed.
Mutua assured Kenyans that everything is in place, reiterating that there should be no cause for alarm, fear, or panic in a statement posted on his Twitter handle in an attempt to defuse the initial frenzy caused by the reckless claims in a series of tweets.
The meeting came just hours after several leaders urged President William Ruto to intervene and find a solution to the problem.
Nandi Senator Samson Cherarkey issued a statement calling for the President’s intervention in the matter, stating that such remarks will undermine the esprit de corps among East African Community member countries.
“I expect the ministry of foreign affairs to summon the Ugandan ambassador to shed light on Muhoozi’s social media outbursts and subsequent apology. This is undermining the spirit of unity of EAC,” he said.
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula also slammed the move, claiming that the Ugandan Commander of Land Forces is chasing clout.
Wetangula went on to compare the economies of the two countries, urging Muhoozi to respect Nairobi as Kenya’s capital.
“A whole Commander of Land forces tweeting nonsense in the name of chasing clout. What a shame! Uganda is just a meme Country!” He exclaimed.
“The Economy of Eastleigh is bigger than the whole GBP of the Republic of Uganda. Respect Nairobi Pls!!!” He added.
Muhoozi, the Ugandan military commander of the land forces, has also been chastised by CS Interior designate Kithure Kindiki, who has urged Kenyans to disregard the tweet and remain vigilant and calm despite the controversy.
“Kindly disregard the tweet by Muhoozi. Just like their currency. As Cabinet Secretary for Interior, such threats are like empty words with no sense of reality,” he reiterated.
In his first hard-hitting tweet that whipped up an uproar, Muhoozi said it wouldn’t take the Ugandan army two weeks to capture Nairobi.
Muhoozi rubbed salt on the wounds his earlier tweets had inflicted with a subsequent rhetorical question.
“I’m happy that members of our district in Kenya, have responded enthusiastically to my tweet. It’s still 2 weeks to Nairobi! After our army captures Nairobi, where should I live? Westlands? Riverside?” he posed in another tweet.
“Haha! I love my Kenyan relatives. Constitution? Rule of law? You must be joking! For us, there is only the Revolution and you will soon learn about it!” he said.
But on Tuesday Muhoozi appeared to have mellowed out, asking the myriad Kenyans on Twitter who had torn into him and called his bluff to loosen up a bit.
“I would never beat up the Kenyan army because my father told me never to attempt it! So our people in Kenya should relax,” Muhoozi tweeted.
