Muhoozi Kainerugaba

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Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is a Ugandan military officer, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) and the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda. He is the son of the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. He is considered a likely successor to Museveni. He served as the Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), Ugandan Military's special operations unit, from 2008 to 2017 and again from December 2020 to 2021. In January 2017, Muhoozi was appointed by his father, as Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, leading to speculations "he was being groomed for the presidency." Retaining his aforementioned role, he was appointed again by his father, to serve as chief commander of the land forces of the UPDF from 24 June 2021 to 4 October 2022, when he was removed following controversial tweets on Twitter claiming to be able to capture Nairobi in less than two weeks. Despite this, on 21 March 2024, he was appointed by his father, Museveni as the Chief of Defence—a position that effectively makes him the head of Uganda's Military. On June 28, 2026, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced that the Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda — the country's largest independent newspaper and one of its largest private broadcasters — were being shut down and would not reopen without his permission. He said he did not believe in a free press, as military personnel were deployed to the outlets' offices. Both the UPDF and the SFC are accused of using excessive force, as well as abductions; Muhoozi and other senior officials are mentioned in an International Criminal Court complaint. He announced he would be running for the presidential office in elections slated for 2026, on 15 March 2023, despite his father also indicating he would run for re-election....