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Uganda’s Army Chief Retracts U.S. Accusation After Rapid Reversal and Apology

The climbdown comes during a security dragnet for opposition leader Bobi Wine after a disputed election.

FILE - Then Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, right, son of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, speaks to Attorney General Kiryowa Kiwanuka, left, at a "thanksgiving" ceremony in Entebbe, Uganda, on May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, File)
Uganda opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, famously known as Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP), arrives with his wife to cast their votes, during the presidential election at a polling station, in Kampala, Uganda, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
FILE - Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni speaks during the 60th Independence Anniversary Celebrations, in Kololo, Uganda, Sunday Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda, file)
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Overview

  • Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba briefly claimed the U.S. Embassy helped hide Bobi Wine and said the UPDF would halt cooperation, then deleted the posts.
  • He apologized on X, said he had been given wrong information, and noted he had spoken with the U.S. ambassador as cooperation was reaffirmed.
  • Uganda’s UN envoy Adonia Ayebare was credited by Kainerugaba with helping defuse the dispute, which he described as resolved.
  • Kainerugaba has vowed to hunt Bobi Wine and has used incendiary language in posts, while warning against any foreign effort to move him out of the country.
  • Bobi Wine says he is in hiding and protected by supporters, continues to post videos taunting authorities, and his party reports arrests including a terrorism charge for deputy Muwanga Kivumbi.