The son of President Yoweri Museveni, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has announced his retirement from the army.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) Commander Land Forces Gen Muhoozi announced this via his Twitter on Tuesday March 8, 2022.
“After 28 years of service in my glorious military, the greatest military in the world, I am happy to announce my retirement. Me and my soldiers have achieved so much! I have only love and respect for all those great men and women that achieve greatness for Uganda everyday,” he tweeted.
https://twitter.com/mkainerugaba/status/1501146903249141763?s=20&t=qd_T9sY20-A_fG_MWdoN1g
In 1999, Muhoozi joined the UPDF at the rank of officer cadet and graduated in 2000 from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the British Army’s officer training school. He quickly made a promotion within UPDF although many of Museveni’s former NRA comrades such as David Sejusa and Kizza Besigye opposed this.
Last year, Gen Muhoozi was appointed Commander of UPDF Land Forces, months after being reappointed as Special Forces Command chief.
There are rumours 47-year-old may be the successor to his 77-year-old father, who has been in power since 1986.