Gen Muhoozi and the UK High Commissioner to Uganda, Lisa Chesney MBE during a recent courtesy call
Uganda’s central role as a regional security partner of the United States, particularly in counter terrorism and peace support operations are now back on course following a high level apology albeit issued on social media.
Those remarks, made by Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, triggered widespread attention and shook what many political pundits refer to as a historical and cordial relationship.
In a statement posted on X on Friday morning, Gen. Kainerugaba said he had deleted the earlier posts after establishing that the information on which he relied was inaccurate.
He acknowledged that the remarks had the potential to strain long-standing bilateral relations and moved swiftly to clarify Uganda’s official position.
“I want to apologise to our great friends the United States for my earlier tweets that I have now deleted,” Gen. Kainerugaba wrote.
“I was being fed with wrong information. I have spoken with the US Ambassador to our country and everything is okay. We are going to continue our military cooperation as usual.”
The apology follows a series of online statements in which the CDF had accused the current administration at the U.S. Embassy in Kampala of undermining security cooperation.
He had also alleged, without evidence, that an opposition leader’s disappearance had been coordinated with the embassy, and announced that the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces would suspend all cooperation with the U.S. mission, including joint activities linked to Uganda’s deployment in Somalia.
Uganda remains one of the largest troop contributors to the African Union mission in Somalia, where U.S. support has been critical in logistics, training and intelligence services.
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