Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the head of the Ugandan military, is being accused of treason in a case brought by attorney Apollo Mboya in Nairobi’s Milimani Law Courts.
In the petition, Mboya draws attention to Muhoozi’s social media comments threatening to launch a military assault to seize Nairobi, which he claims poses a threat to the territorial integrity of the nation.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the 3rd Respondent who is a Senior Military Officer in the neighbouring country of Uganda has committed treasonable offences of threatening national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kenya after expressing his intention to launch a military invasion to capture Nairobi, the capital city of the Republic of Kenya within two (2) weeks,” reads the petition.
He cites the following as evidence that Muhoozi violated Section 43 of the Penal Code, which defines treasonable felony
“Any person who, not owing allegiance to the Republic, in Kenya or elsewhere, commits any act or combination of acts which, if it were committed by a person who owed such allegiance, would amount to the offence of treason under section 40, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life.”
On Monday, October 3, 2022 through his official Twitter handle Muhoozi Kainerugaba tweeted: “It wouldn’t take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi.”
He added: “I’m happy that members of our district in Kenya, have responded enthusiastically to my tweet. It is still 2 weeks to Nairobi. After our army captures Nairobi, where should I live? Westlands? Riverside?”
