Museveni’s Son Not Keen To Succeed Father

Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Ugandan president, Yoweri Museveni, has said that he is not looking to take over his father’s role as leader of the African country.

Kainerugaba was recently promoted from Brigadier to Major General and is at the head of Uganda’s Special Forces Command.

However, speaking at an event after he was promoted to Major General, Kainergaba said that he was “happy to stay in the military [sic]” and that he had no political ambitions to become president.

“…I do not have the ambition to be president,” he blatantly told reporters.

However, rumours of Museveni ‘grooming’ his son to take over the presidency after him have been coming for a long time.

Back in 2013, David Sejusa, who was a former intelligence chief, leaked a memo suggesting that Museveni is grooming his son to take over the presidency.

The memo also apparently read that those in the army that would be opposed to Museveni’s son succeeding him as president would be at risk of being assassinated.

After the memo leaked, Sejusa fled the country and is currently in exile in Britain.

Museveni has been in power for 30 years, after he was first elected as president in 1986. Earlier this year, in February, he was elected for his fifth term in office.

His win was widely criticised, however, with many claiming that his win was fraudulent.