The criticism of “First Son” Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s recent promotion to brigadier in the Ugandan army, while largely expected, is likely to overshadow its immediate real purpose, which is to protect the next presidency.
In just 12 years of his soldiering career, President Yoweri Museveni’s son, now a one-star general, has zoomed close to the top of Uganda’s army leadership — he is only three ranks away from full general, the same rank as his father and six others, four of whom are retired.
