33 Facts About Muhoozi Kainerugaba

Muhoozi Kainerugaba was born on 24 April 1974 and is a Ugandan military officer.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba is the eldest child of President Yoweri Museveni and serves as the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Forces.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba is the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda, a pressure group lobbying for his presidency.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba served as Commander of the Special Forces Command, Ugandan Military's special operations unit, from 2008 to 2017 and again from December 2020 to 2021.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced he would be running for presidential office in elections slated for 2026, on 15 March 2023, despite his father indicating he would run for re-election.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba was born on 24 April 1974 in Loitokitok, Kenya, to Yoweri Museveni and Janet Museveni.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba was admitted to the Egyptian Military Academy where he took both the company and battalion commanders courses.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba has attended the Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba joined Nottingham University where he obtained a Political Science degree in 1997.

In 1999, Muhoozi Kainerugaba joined the Uganda People's Defence Force at the rank of officer cadet and graduated in 2000 from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, the British Army's officer training school.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba quickly made promotion within UPDF although some of Museveni's close colleagues from the Ugandan Bush War as David Sejusa and Kizza Besigye opposed this.

In early 2012 Muhoozi Kainerugaba enrolled at the South Africa's National Defence College for the Executive National Security Program.

In 2013 and 2014 Muhoozi Kainerugaba was one of the senior UPDF commanders who deployed to South Sudan to support the Government of South Sudan after fighting broke out in Juba between rival factions of the South Sudan People's Defense Forces.

In 2017 Muhoozi Kainerugaba was appointed Senior Presidential Advisor for special operations, a position he held until December 2020.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba served as SFC Commander from 2008 to 2017, and again from December 2020 to 2021, In February 2019, Museveni, promoted him to the rank of lieutenant-general.

In June 2021 Muhoozi Kainerugaba was made commander of the UPDF's Infantry branch, succeeding Peter Elwelu who became deputy head of the Military.

On 21 March 2024, Muhoozi Kainerugaba was returned to the military after being appointed head of the UPDF by his father.

In 2013, General David Sejusa Tinyefuza wrote a letter in which he explained a plan with the intention of having Muhoozi Kainerugaba succeed his father as president.

The term 'Muhoozi Kainerugaba project' is no longer a taboo.

In 2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba took on a task that Angola's President Joao Manuel Lourenco and Democratic Republic of Congo's Felix Tshisekedi failed to accomplish in 2019, when they facilitated four meetings between Paul Kagame and Museveni.

On 31 December 2020, three days after being re-appointed SFC commander, Muhoozi Kainerugaba posted a number of tweets attacking opposition politician Bobi Wine; the tweets were considered by many Ugandans to promote tribalism.

When Muhoozi Kainerugaba was still an active serving officer in the UPDF, some had criticized his latest active involvement in politics and taking on roles typically meant for civilian diplomats as breaking the UPDF code of conduct for a serving officer.

In May 2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba praised former US President Donald Trump, describing him as the "only white man I have ever respected".

In October 2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba received attention for publicly offering 100 cows as a bride price for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who at that point was widely expected to become the next Prime Minister of Italy, threatening to conquer Rome if the dowry was rebuffed.

On 3 October 2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba caused a diplomatic incident with Kenya when, on Twitter, he threatened to invade the country and conquer Nairobi, compelling his father to apologise for the comments.

In December 2024, Muhoozi Kainerugaba threatened on X to "capture" Khartoum after Donald Trump reassumes the US presidency in 2025, prompting the Sudanese government to demand an official apology.

Muhoozi Kainerugaba has been dubbed by some in the media as the 'tweeting General' in reference to his sudden prolific use of X, frequently posting content that some do not view as befitting of someone of his rank and position in the Army and in Uganda's social sphere.

On March 6,2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba took to Twitter to announce that the Rwanda-Uganda border would be fully re-opened on March 7,2022, after several diplomatic engagements that saw Muhoozi Kainerugaba travel to Kigali twice in early 2022.

The Muhoozi Kainerugaba Project has alleged that there is a plan for Muhoozi Kainerugaba to become Uganda's next president and succeed his father, Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled since January 1986 under the National Resistance Movement.

On 8 March 2022, Muhoozi Kainerugaba took to Twitter to announce that he would be retiring from the UPDF, although no timeline for the retirement was given.

On 11 April 2022, Muhoozi de-activated his Twitter account which had a verified Twitter handle @mkainerugaba.

The unusual approach Muhoozi Kainerugaba had taken to using his Twitter account to comment publicly on somewhat sensitive issues across Uganda and the region placed him and the UPDF under heavy spotlight as he is the commander of the land forces of the country's military.

On 21 September 2024, Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced that he was supporting his father running for a seventh term as president.