Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba Deactivates X Account After Demanding VP Alupo Hand Over Office

What the report says

Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces and son of President Yoweri Museveni, deactivated his main X account overnight, according to Watchdog Uganda. By Tuesday morning, the profile no longer appeared on the platform, suggesting the account was voluntarily taken down rather than removed by X. The development came after a series of posts on the evening of November 9 that targeted Vice President Jessica Alupo.

In those messages, Muhoozi said the person holding the vice presidency should get ready to hand it over, and he indicated that he would run government “on military terms” if he took the office. He also wrote that Alupo would soon be dismissed and used dismissive language about her role. Alupo, a retired army major who has served as vice president since 2021, had not publicly responded at the time of publication. The report said neither Muhoozi, State House, nor the Uganda People’s Defence Forces had issued an official statement.

The article places the episode in the context of Muhoozi’s long record of controversial social media activity, including earlier posts that drew diplomatic criticism and domestic backlash. It also notes that public political commentary by a serving senior officer sits uneasily with standard military protocol in Uganda. As of Tuesday morning, screenshots of the remarks were still circulating online, while the account remained offline. The significance of the episode lies in the overlap between military leadership, succession politics and social media-driven controversy in Uganda.