Brigadier Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C) at the Sera Kasenyi training center for Special Forces in Kampala on August 27, 2012<\/p>\n
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Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s son has rejected the opposition’s accusations that he was being groomed to succeed his father as the country\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s next leader.\n<\/p>\n
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s incumbent president, said in a statement on Sunday that “Uganda is not a monarchy where leadership is passed on from father to son.”\n<\/p>\n
“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.\n<\/p>\n
Kainerugabe\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s remarks came after the opposition\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s claims that accused him of trying to take over power from his father.\n<\/p>\n
Speculations about a \u00c5\u201cpolitical monarchy\u201d plan in Uganda were raised in May, when two local newspapers published a report about arguments among army generals over Musevini\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s son as the next president.\n<\/p>\n
Thereafter, the Ugandan police raided the offices of the newspapers and shut them for 10 days.\n<\/p>\n
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, 39, was appointed head of Uganda\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s special forces unit in 2008 and has recently seen rapid promotion within the military.\n<\/p>\n
President Museveni has taken the power in Uganda since 1986 following a five-year guerrilla war.\n<\/p>\n
Uganda will hold presidential elections in 2016, but it is not clear if Musevini will run for the office.\n<\/p>\n
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