KAMPALA - Uganda's president, Yoweri Museveni, has removed his son, Lieutenant-General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as the commander of the land forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), after a series of tweets that seem to have sparked a diplomatic tiff with Kenya.
However, the defence ministry described the move as a promotion for Kainerugaba, since he is now a general and will remain a senior presidential advisor for special operations.
Kainerugaba, who has more than 600 000 Twitter followers, had tweeted about his admiration for his "brother", the former president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, who stepped down as William Ruto took office last month after general elections.
In one of the tweets, he said Kenyatta would have "easily" won re-election, but the two-term limit stopped him. The eccentric army general did not stop there and teased his forces could march into Kenya and take the country without much trouble.
