Muhoozi renews feud with brother-in-law Rwabwogo, warns media

What the report says

Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Uganda’s chief of defence forces, has returned to X after nearly a month away with a new set of posts aimed at his brother-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo and the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), the committee Rwabwogo chairs. According to The Observer, Muhoozi described PACEID as illegal, threatened arrests of people he said were involved in corruption, and warned broadcasters not to give its officials airtime.

The latest comments revive a long-running public dispute between Muhoozi and Rwabwogo, who is married to President Yoweri Museveni’s daughter Patience. The Observer said the two men have traded accusations over corruption, governance and influence within the ruling National Resistance Movement. PACEID was created to advise government on exports and industrial development, but it has become a focus of criticism from some figures aligned with Muhoozi, while Rwabwogo and the committee have rejected the claims and defended their work.

The exchange also comes against a wider backdrop of political tension inside the First Family and the NRM. The Observer linked the feud to broader debates about succession, even though no public designation has been made. The report also noted Muhoozi’s separate social-media pressure campaign over Ugandan dissident Fred Lumbuye in Türkiye and his remarks about opposition politician Kizza Besigye’s case, showing that his latest posts reached beyond the dispute with Rwabwogo.

The timing of the renewed spat drew extra attention because it followed Patience Rwabwogo’s consecration as a bishop, an event attended by President Museveni and other family members.