Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, has introduced that he has vacate X, the place he has been posting arguable messages.

The 50-year-old military common has grow to be more and more concerned within the political enviornment, in breach of army protocols, reigniting debates about his ambitions to prevail his father, who has been in energy since 1986.

He lately sparked infuriate with a tweet during which he threatened to behead the rustic’s opposition determine, Bobi Wine.

In his endmost submit on Friday, Gen Kainerugaba mentioned “time has now come to leave and concentrate” on his army tasks however promised to “re-converge” together with his a million fans going forward.

This isn’t the primary while Gen Kainerugaba has deactivated his X account.

In 2022, he vacate the micro-blogging platform simplest to go back days upcoming.

Critics have taken a swipe on the common over the statements he has made on social media, which touched on areas thought to be taboo for a serving soldier.

In 2022, he made headlines for discussing an invasion of neighbouring Kenya, a remark that pressured his father to step in and apologise.

Gen Kainerugaba’s fresh submit threatening to “cut off” the top of Bobi Wine, whose actual title is Robert Kyagulanyi, drew pervasive condemnation within the nation.

Even supposing the overall apologised concerning the submit which he described as a funny story, Bobi Wine mentioned he may just now not shoot such blackmails calmly.

The Ugandan executive downplayed the submit, with a spokesperson describing Gen Kainerugaba’s social media statements as “casual” remarks that are meant to now not be interpreted as reflecting reputable coverage.

Gen Kainerugaba’s undiplomatic outburst on social media has additionally angered alternative nations together with his earlier posts about siding with Russia within the invasion of Ukraine, and announcing that Uganda could be at the aspect of Tigray within the Ethiopian civil battle.

Museveni has however defended his son as a “very good general” and the military mentioned he loved the constitutionally assured particular person proper of accentuation.

In his see you message to his X fans, the overall mentioned his determination to shed the platform was once guided by way of his religion and a renewed center of attention on his army tasks as a common within the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF).

“It is on the instructions and blessings of my Lord Jesus Christ that I leave this social media and dedicate myself to my assignment to bring peace and security to our region,” his observation mentioned.

“To all my dear followers, it has been a great whirlwind and rousing journey together on these streets for the last 10 years since 2014,” he added.

He recommended his fans to proceed supporting his father, whom he known as “the greatest general of the resistance”.

Gen Kainerugaba is revealed as a imaginable successor to his long-serving father however Museveni has denied that he’s grooming him for the presidency.

The overall has been retaining rallies, mobilising help across the nation, which has drawn complaint in some quarters.

He joined the military in 1999 and has had a meteoric stand. His ascent to energy has been dubbed the “Muhoozi Project” by way of native media.

“I know you all love me, and that you will continue to follow me like the wind long after here,” he mentioned in his signing off observation from X.