When Power Has No Shame: Muhoozi Kainerugaba's Twitter Outburst and What It Reveals About Uganda By Brian Wamalwa | June 18, 2026 There are moments in politics that strip away all pretence and reveal exactly what kind of leadership a country is dealing with. Yesterday, Ugandans — and the wider world — witnessed one such moment, laid bare in a single, expletive-laced tweet. Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine, made a pointed but measured observation on X (formerly Twitter): that a 52-year-old man presiding over a national army — an institution meant to embody the highest standards of discipline — and whose daughter is just 22 years old, should perhaps reflect on what responsible stewardship of that institution looks like. It was a critique grounded in accountability. It was the kind of challenge any functioning democracy invites its citizens to raise. The response from General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the eldest son of President Yoweri Museveni and comm...