Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s boy, that had earlier said he will surely run within the 2026 governmental political election, revealed on Saturday he will surely not stand and will surely again his dad fairly.
The information is an oblique recognition that Museveni, that has really been in energy on condition that 1986, will definitely search for a seventh time period in energy.
“I would like to announce that I will not be on the ballot paper in 2026. Almighty God told me to focus on His Army first,” his boy, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said on X.
“So, I fully endorse President Yoweri Museveni in the next elections.”
Museveni, 80, has not formally revealed whether or not he will definitely search for to stay in energy.
But his boy’s information confirmed as much as confirm the generally held assumptions that he will definitely run as soon as extra and his celebration has really presently backed him as their governmental prospect.
Many within the East African nation see Kainerugaba as his dad’s dynastic follower.
Trained at Sandhurst, an elite British army school, he has really delighted in a speedy enhance. He is presently head of the Ugandan help pressures and therefore the nation’s main soldier.
“No civilian will lead Uganda after President Museveni. The security forces will not allow it. The next leader will be a soldier or policeman,” Kainerugaba included.
– ‘Not shocking’ –
In an earlier message, when he revealed his intent to dispute the 2026 political election, Kainerugaba had really said it was time for brand spanking new blood in Ugandan nationwide politics.
Museveni has really dominated Uganda with an iron hand on condition that he fell head of state Milton Obote in 1986.
He was re-elected for a sixth time period in 2021 with 58 % of the poll, based on essential outcomes which the resistance branded an impersonate.
The political election mission was famous by scare techniques, apprehensions and resulted in larger than 50 fatalities.
Ugandan resistance chief Bobi Wine, a constant thorn in Museveni’s aspect, knowledgeable AFP Kainerugaba’s alternative was “not surprising”.
“His father is still interested in running for the next elections, irrespective of his age,” the singer-turned-politician said.
“These are political machinations intended to divert Ugandans from the real issues of human rights violations, dictatorship, unemployment, poverty, decaying health services and declining economy due to poor governance by Museveni,” he said.
Wine, whose precise identify is Robert Kyagulanyi, examined the proficient chief within the 2021 governmental political election.
He has really been restrained or positioned underneath residence apprehension numerous instances and rallies by his celebration have really been strongly unfold.
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