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The Citizen
The Citizen
At 47, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, has spent half his life hitting out at claims that he plans to succeed his father. His critics have been beaten, jailed or forced into exile. Museveni’s only son, Kainerugaba first came to wider attention in 1998. Then a fresh-faced graduate, he began recruiting students for the presidential guard, raising questions about whether his father was trying to build a political dynasty. Museveni brushed off the speculation but Kainerugaba rose swiftly through Uganda’s army ranks, training at Britain’s elite military a…