President Yoweri Museveni has apologized to the people of Kenya, over a tweet sent by first son and former commander of land forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba on Monday saying his army could take over the Kenyan Capital Nairobi in two weeks.
In a statement issued Thursday the president also apologized to East Africans and Ugandans as well who were annoyed by the officer.
“Very sorry ndugu zetu Wakenya. Also sorry to the Ugandans who could have been annoyed by one of their official meddling in the affairs of brother Kenya” he said.
Ugandan head of state said it is not correct for public officers; civilian or military, to comment or interfere in the internal affairs of brother countries.
“ The only available legitimate forum is the peer review mechanism of the AU or confidential interactions among us or EAC and AU for-not public comments” the president stated.
The president said he had confidentially conveyed these views to the newly elected Kenyan President William Ruto.
On Tuesday the president dropped Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba from his position as Commander of land forces and replaced him with Lt. General Kayanja Muhanga following his tweet spree.
The president however promoted him to the rank of full General in the snap changes he made in the army.
One would wonder why the president again promoted his son whom he had axed from a top military position in the land revered by many in the military echelons.
The president's explanation is simple,
“This is because this mistake [tweet on Nairobi takeover] is one aspect where he has acted negatively as a public officer. There are, however, many other contributions the General has made and can still make” he noted.
According to the president, this is a time-tested formula- discourage the negative and encourage the positive.
