Chief of Defense Forces · Uganda
Muhoozi Kainerugaba
6 recorded engagements, 2024–2025: 6 visits.
Biography
Ugandan general (born 1974) Founding father to PLU movement
Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born 24 April 1974) is a Ugandan military officer, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) and the chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda. He is the son of the President of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni. He is considered a likely successor to Museveni.
He served as the Commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC), Ugandan Military's special operations unit, from 2008 to 2017 and again from December 2020 to 2021. In January 2017, Muhoozi was appointed by his father, as Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, leading to speculations "he was being groomed for the presidency." Retaining his aforementioned role, he was appointed again by his father, to serve as chief commander of the land forces of the UPDF from 24 June 2021 to 4 October 2022, when he was removed following controversial tweets on Twitter claiming to be able to capture Nairobi in less than two weeks. Despite this, on 21 March 2024, he was appointed by his father, Museveni as the Chief of Defence—a position that effectively makes him the head of Uganda's Military.
On June 28, 2026, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba announced that the Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda — the country...
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Where they travelled
Uganda Visited or called (darker = more often)
Most-visited countries
Discussion topics
Every recorded engagement
| Date | Type | Destination | Agreements |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-10 – 2024-08-11 | Visit | Rwanda · Kigali | |
| 2024-10-03 | Visit | Egypt · Cairo | |
| 2024-11-05 | Visit | Qatar · Doha | |
| 2024-12-14 – 2024-12-16 | Visit | Ethiopia · Addis Ababa | |
| 2025-01-20 | Visit | Algeria · Algiers | |
| 2025-06-21 | Visit | Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa |
Cite this profile
Ozturk, Y., Atabas, H., Guler, E., Duyar, B., & Yucel, R. (2026). Leaders' Visits & Agreements Database [Data set]. Africa Foundation. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22898778 [Muhoozi Kainerugaba leader profile. Accessed 26 September 2026. https://lead-database.netlify.app/leaders/muhoozi-kainerugaba.html]