The Raise Of Museveni's Son Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba To Command UPDF

 Muhoozi Kainerugaba is a Ugandan general, Son of President Yoweri Museveni and is currently  appointed the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces(UPDF)

As a child, Muhoozi attended schools in Tanzania, Mount Kenya Academy in Nyeri Kenya and Sweden. After his father became President of Uganda in 1986, he attended Kampala Parents School, King's College Buddonand St.Mary's Clloege Kisubi. He graduated in 1994.

Muhoozi was admitted to the Egyptian Military Cademy  where he took both the company and battalion commanders courses.

 He also has attended the Kalama Armoured Walfare Training School In 2007 he was admitted to a one-year course at the United States Army command and Generals Staff College at Fort LeavenWorth, Kansas, graduating in June 2008.

 Following that, he successfully completed the Executive National Security Programme at the South African National Defence College. Muhoozi joined Nottingham University where he obtained a Political Science degree in 1997.

In 1999, Muhoozi joined the UPDF at the rank of officer cadet and graduated in 2000 from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, the British Army's officer training school. He quickly made promotion within UPDF although many of Museveni's former NRA comrades such as now Gen David Sejusa and Col Kiiza Besigye opposed this.

In September 2011 Muhoozi was promoted to Colonel. In early 2012 Muhoozi enrolled at the South African National Defence College for the Executive National Security Program. In August 2012 he was promoted to Brigadier General and appointed Commander Special Forces Command. In 2013 and 2014 Muhoozi was one of the senior UPDF commanders who deployed to South Sudan to support the Government of South Sudan after fighting broke out in Juba between rival factions of the SPLA.

In 2017 Muhoozi was appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Duties, a position he held until December 2020. He has been commander of the Special Forces Command (SFC) from 2008 to 2017, and again from December 2020 to 2021.

In February 2019, President Museveni, promoted him to the rank of Colonel the second-highest rank in the UPDF army after General.

In June 2021, Muhoozi was appointed Commander of UPDF Land Forces, taking over from Lt. Gen. Peter Elwelu untill yesterdaywhen President Yoweri Museveni appointed Muhoozi Kainerugaba as commander-in-chief of Uganda's armies replacing Gen. Wilson Mbasu Mbadi who was appointed The State Minister for Trade.

Gen. Muhoozi in th Ntional Chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda which aims at reviving a spirit of good citizenship, national pride,national service, protection of vulnerable persons,combating corruption and wastage of public resources, and protection of Environment with more emphasis to the youths.

Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is married to Charlotte Nankunda Kutesa  whom he married in 1999.