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For about four months, Ugandans had been minding their business, away from the social media posts of General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces.

During that time, people tried to pour into the streets to mimic Kenya’s Gen Z and to demand better governance as well as an end to corruption. They were crushed immediately by brutal police.

In that time too, President Yoweri Museveni, in power for four decades now vowed to tame the scourge of corruption. Well, three members of parliament were jailed last month, some out now on bail.

Then came Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s mind-boggling post on X that seemed to suggest that the arrest of some of the MPs was not about corruption but an orchestrated plan to silence his Movement and Plan to take over from his father in 2026. There are no known presidential candidates yet for 2026 and his father has not indicated he won't run.

“My friend, Michael Mawanda, is in prison (and they think we shall stay quiet forever) while people who have stolen from this country for decades are still Ministers?? Mzee should hear our cry for change. Michael Mawanda is a political prisoner. He was taken to prison by some politically dilapidated people in NRM for the 'great crime' of supporting Muhoozi Kainerugaba in Bushenyi. That his only crime is supporting me. Free Mawanda!” he posted.

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