President Yoweri Museveni and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, has dropped Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the UPDF Commander Land Forces.
Muhoozi has also been promoted to a four star General.
According to Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, the Defense Spokesperson, Gen Muhoozi will continue with his duties as Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations.
His removal from commanding the Land Forces comes only a day after his series of tweets deemed to be jeopardizing Uganda’s relations with Kenya as well as inciting the people of the two countries against each other.
In his first hard-hitting tweet that whipped up an uproar, Muhoozi said it wouldn’t take the Ugandan army two weeks to capture Nairobi.
He further said that Kenya’s former President, Uhuru Kenyatta could have won the presidential elections if he had offered to vie for the third time.
Kainerugaba said Uhuru had all the trappings he needed to seal a third term in office 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 on the wounds his earlier tweets had inflicted 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, rose to his current rank following his appointment in June 2021. It was the second time Museveni was promoting his son in the hierarchy of the army in six months.
The controversial commander of Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) senior officer, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has said he has no plans to attack Kenya after his father advised him against making such an ill move.
But on Tuesday Muhoozi appeared to have mellowed out, asking the myriad Kenyans on Twitter who had torn into him and called his bluff to loosen up a bit.
“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 harboured no grudge against Kenyans who had jammed his Twitter page to scorn him for his sensitive utterances 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.”
Meanwhile, President Museveni has now promoted Major General Muhanga Kayanja to Lieutenant General and appointed him Commander Land Forces.