Muhoozi promotion: Did Museveni switch on ‘Generator’ or tactfully silence it?

The appointment of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as Chief of Defence Forces has reignited a succession debate.

To some, the general, who still serves as presidential adviser in charge of special operations to his father, this job effectively removes him from the public sphere, keeps him occupied and diverts his attention from active politics and mobilisation for support of his newly launched political grouping, Patriotic League of Uganda.