KAMPALA (Reuters) – The lieutenant normal son of Uganda’s president mentioned on Tuesday he had retired from the navy, in a move extensively seen as preparing the bottom for a possible run for the presidency in 2026.
Critics of President Yoweri Museveni say Muhoozi Kainerugaba who has been in the navy for greater than 20 years, was rushed by means of the ranks by his father. Many Ugandans imagine Kainerugaba is being groomed to succeed Museveni.
“After 28 years of service in my superb navy, the best navy in the world, I’m joyful to announce my retirement,” Kainerugaba mentioned on Twitter on Tuesday, with out giving causes for his retirement.
Museveni,77, who has dominated the east African nation since 1986, has repeatedly denied accusations he needed handy over energy to his son, though Kainerugaba’s supporters say he has a proper to hunt the nation’s presidency like another citizen.
Kainerugaba, a prolific Twitter person who expressed his assist https://twitter.com/mkainerugaba/standing/1498094460580016128 for Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, this yr helped mend Uganda’s strained relations with neighbouring Rwanda after travelling to Kigali and assembly President Paul Kagame.
Supporters of Kainerugaba, 47, have been urgent a marketing campaign on social media and elsewhere for him to face in 2026, though he has not publicly declared any intention to run for workplace. Ugandan regulation forbids troopers from collaborating in politics.
Human rights teams, Ugandan opposition and authorities critics have lengthy accused his father of utilizing the navy to maintain himself in energy by means of intimidating and jailing his opponents.
Museveni was re-elected in January final yr, beating pop star-turned-politician Bobi Wine. Wine rejected the consequence, alleging widespread irregularities.
(Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by George Obulutsa and Alex Richardson)
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