Kampala-The commander of land forces Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba had clarified that he is not retiring from the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) any time soon.
This follows a viral tweet from Muhoozi on Tuesday in which he announced he was planning to retire from the army after 28 years of service.
However, in a video shared by veteran journalist Andrew Mwenda, clarifies that he’s retirement won’t come soon but in 8 years.
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Defence Spokesperson Felix Kulayigye on Tuesday noted that he had not yet been briefed about Lt. Gen. Kainerugaba’s decision to quit the army and wouldn’t comment on the issue.
Kulayigye however explained that any officer who wanted to quit the army needed to write first to the Army Promotions and Commissions board.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba (47) is a son to president Yoweri Museveni.
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 promotion within UPDF although many of Museveni’s former NRA comrades such as David Sejusa and Kizza Besigye opposed this.
In September 2011 Muhoozi was promoted to Colonel. In early 2012 Col. Muhoozi enrolled at the South African National Defence College for the Executive National Security Program. In August 2012 he was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Commander Special Forces Command.
In 2013 and 2014 Muhoozi 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 SPLA.
In 2017 Muhoozi was appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Duties fueling speculations he is being prepared for presidency. He held the position until December 2020.
In June 2021, Muhoozi was named commander UPDF land forces.
