Uganda army chief removed after Kenya threats

President Yoweri Museveni has removed his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as commander of Uganda's land forces, the military said, after Kainerugaba repeatedly threatened on social media to invade neighbouring Kenya. Kainerugaba, widely regarded as the de facto head of the military and his father's chosen successor, later said the comments were made in jest, the Zimbabwe Independent report. Announcing his replacement as land forces commander, the military said Kainerugaba had been promoted from lieutenant general to full general and would remain a senior presidential adviser for special operations. It gave no reason for the decision. Kainerugaba is outspoken on social media, frequently trading barbs with opposition figures and weighing into politics, despite his military role barring him from doing so. Last week he sent a series of provocative messages on X, including proposing the unification of Kenya and Uganda, and offering cows to marry Italy's likely next leader. ‘It wouldn't take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi,’ Kainerugaba wrote. Uganda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it pledged its ‘peaceful co-existence’ with neighbouring Kenya.