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DRC/Uganda/Rwanda – Muhoozi’s tweets threaten regional balance

By Musinguzi Blanshe

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Posted on June 20, 2022 13:48

Lt. General Kainerugaba attends his birthday party in Entebbe — Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, who leads the Ugandan army’s land forces, looks on during his birthday party in Entebbe, Uganda May 7, 2022. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa

Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has helped bring Kigali and Kampala closer together, but his provocative tweets are now unsettling a delicate regional balance between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Uganda.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame suggested that Muhoozi edit his tweets. Then in April, during a state dinner held to celebrate the first son’s 48th birthday, Museveni advised him to desist from posting tweets that touch on cross border issues.

It was just a matter of time before the tweets would put Uganda in an awkward situation and hurt its interests in the region.

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