UGANDA’S DEFENCE CHIEF GEN MUHOOZI SPARKS OUTRAGE WITH THREAT TO BEHEAD OPPOSITION LEADER
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GREATRIBUNETVNEWS–General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of Defence Forces in Uganda and son of President Yoweri Museveni, has left social media platform X after posting a series of controversial messages. One of his tweets threatened prominent opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, also known as Bobi Wine, stating that he would cut off his head if his father wasn’t protecting him .
Kainerugaba’s tweet sparked widespread backlash, and his decision to leave X may be an attempt to mitigate the fallout. However, this isn’t the first time he’s deactivated his account; in 2022, he quit the platform only to return days later.
The Defence Chief’s social media presence has been a subject of controversy in the past. In 2022, he made headlines for discussing an invasion of neighboring Kenya, a comment that forced his father to intervene and apologize. His posts have also drawn criticism from other countries, including his comments on siding with Russia in the invasion of Ukraine and supporting Tigray in the Ethiopian civil war.
Bobi Wine responded to Kainerugaba’s threat on his official X page, stating that he refuses to be intimidated by the “cowardly regime” and that “the world is watching.”
Kainerugaba’s ambition to succeed his father as president has also raised eyebrows. In 2023, he declared that he would follow his father as the country’s future leader, stating that anyone attempting to stop him would be engaged in a “losing battle.”
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been in power since 1986, and his regime has been marred by numerous allegations of human rights abuses, violence, and suppression of opposition. The regime’s violence has been perpetuated through its treatment of rebel groups, including the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and its suppression of dissent, including torture, killings, and arbitrary arrests.
