By Kabuye Ronald
Uganda’ president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has on Wednesday afternoon apologized to Kenyans over his son and former Commander Land Forces in the Uganda’s army Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s irresponsible tweets about Kenya.
“I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi, former Commander of Land Forces here, regarding the election matters in that great country. It is not correct for Public officers, be they civilian or military, to comment or interfere in any way, in the internal affairs of brother countries.” Said president Museveni in a statement.
He said that the only available legitimate forum is the Peer Review Mechanism of the African Union or confidential interactions among us or EAC and AU fora –not public comments.
“Very sorry, ndugu zetu Wakenya. Also sorry to the Ugandans who could have been annoyed by one of their officials meddling in the affairs of brother Kenya. I know for a fact that General Muhoozi is a passionate Pan-Africanist. However, the correct method for Pan-Africanists is confidential interactions or using the available fora (EAC and AU), especially if you are a Public officer. I have conveyed all those views confidentially to H.E. Ruto, the President of Kenya.” Said Museveni
President Museveni also explained why he promoted his son to a full general even after dropping him.
”Why, then, promote him to full General after these comments? This is because this mistake is one aspect where he has acted negatively as a Public officer. There are, however, many other positive contributions the General has made and can still make. This is a time-tested formula –discourage the negative and encourage the positive.” Explained Museveni
In a mini- reshuffle announced on Tuesday, Museveni, as the commander in chief of the armed forces replaced Muhoozi Kainerugaba with Gen Kayanja Muhanga as the Land Forces Commander.
Some of the tweets that caused problems to Muhoozi include these below:
“It would take us, my army and me two weeks to capture Nairobi. After we capture Nairobi, where should I live? Westlands? Riverside?”
He added, “I am happy that members of our district in Kenya have responded enthusiastically to my tweet. It’s still two weeks to Nairobi.”
