Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, has announced that he has quit X, where he has been posting controversial messages.
The 50-year-old army general has become increasingly involved in the political arena, in breach of military protocols, reigniting debates about his ambitions to succeed his father, who has been in power since 1986.
He recently sparked anger with a tweet in which he threatened to behead the country’s leading opposition figure, Bobi Wine.
In his last post today, General Kainerugaba said that the time has come for him to leave and concentrate on his military duties, promising to re-converge with his one million followers in the future.
This is not the first time General Kainerugaba has deactivated his X account.
In 2022, he quit the micro-blogging platform only to return days later.
