Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the controversial commander of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF), has stated that he has no plans to attack Kenya after his father advised him against doing so.
Muhoozi, President Yoweri Museveni’s son, issued a veiled threat on Monday, implying a possible incursion into Kenyan territory.
On Tuesday, however, he appeared to have mellowed out, asking the thousands of Kenyans who had ripped into him and called his bluff on Twitter to relax a little.
“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.
Muhoozi went ahead to thank his East African supporters for helping him attract 600k followers on Twitter.
“Thank you, my followers. Let’s make it to 1 million soon. I appreciate the love. Let me see how many East Africans still love me. Retweet and like for our project!”
He said he had no ill will toward Kenyans who had flocked to his Twitter page to mock him for his sensitive remarks on Monday.
“KOT, I forgive you all for the insults you have hurled against me. Please let’s work together to make East Africa great.”
Muhoozi said in his first inflammatory tweet that it would not take the Ugandan army two weeks to capture Nairobi.
“It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi.”
He went on to say that if Uhuru had offered to run for president a third time, he could have won.
Uhuru had all the trappings he needed to secure a third term in office, according to Kainerugaba, but he squandered the opportunity.
“My only problem with my beloved big brother is that he didn’t stand for a third term. We would have won easily!” he said.
Muhoozi rubbed salt in the wounds caused by his previous tweets 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.
Muhoozi, 49, was appointed to his current position in June 2021. It was Museveni’s second promotion of his son in the army hierarchy in six months.
