Uganda’s military chief\u00a0Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the country’s long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni, said he would run for \u200bpresident in 2031.<\/p>\n
Kainerugaba, 52, has long been touted as a \u200cpossible successor to his ageing father and is well known for his fiery social media posts including threats to behead the leading opposition leader\u00a0Bobi Wine.<\/p>\n
He played a \u200bkey role in securing\u00a0his father’s re-election in the last polls \u200bin January by ordering a crackdown on opponents and cutting \u2060the internet.<\/p>\n
“I will stand for the highest office in the land \u200bin 2031. And we will win by the grace of Almighty God,” \u200bKainerugaba said in one of a series of posts on the X platform late on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“With my great father, Mzee’s, support I will get 90% in the elections \u200bin 2031,” he added using an honorific reference to his 81-year-old \u200bfather.<\/p>\n
Kainerugaba, who leads a political pressure group called the Patriotic League of Uganda, had\u00a0previously\u00a0\u200cdeclared \u2060he would stand in the last election in January but ultimately backed out.<\/p>\n
Museveni, who heads the ruling National Resistance Movement, has ruled Uganda since 1986 and critics have accused his government of a range of human \u200brights violations including \u200btorture, kidnappings and \u2060arbitrary detentions. The government denies the allegations.<\/p>\n
The country’s main opposition leader, Bobi Wine, fled to the U.S. earlier \u200bthis year, saying he feared for his life. Another \u200bveteran \u2060opposition figure, Kizza Besigye, has been in prison since 2024 and is on trial for treason.<\/p>\n
When asked if Museveni would seek another term, government spokesman \u2060Alan \u200bKasujja told Reuters, “as has been the case over \u200bthe years, President Museveni and the party he leads will make that decision when the \u200btime comes.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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