Brigadier Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C) at the Sera Kasenyi training center for Special Forces in Kampala on August 27, 2012
Ugandan President Yoweri Museviniâ„¢s son has rejected the opposition’s accusations that he was being groomed to succeed his father as the countryâ„¢s next leader.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Ugandaâ„¢s incumbent president, said in a statement on Sunday that “Uganda is not a monarchy where leadership is passed on from father to son.”
“The power to choose how Uganda is governed lies with Ugandans and not a single individual as some people would want us to believe,” the statement added.
Kainerugabeâ„¢s remarks came after the oppositionâ„¢s claims that accused him of trying to take over power from his father.
Speculations about a Å“political monarchy” plan in Uganda were raised in May, when two local newspapers published a report about arguments among army generals over Museviniâ„¢s son as the next president.
Thereafter, the Ugandan police raided the offices of the newspapers and shut them for 10 days.
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, 39, was appointed head of Ugandaâ„¢s special forces unit in 2008 and has recently seen rapid promotion within the military.
President Museveni has taken the power in Uganda since 1986 following a five-year guerrilla war.
Uganda will hold presidential elections in 2016, but it is not clear if Musevini will run for the office.
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This article originally appeared on: Press TV