Uganda’s military chief, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has sparked fresh controversy after claiming that Eddie Mutwe, the bodyguard of opposition leader Bobi Wine, is being held in his basement. Kainerugaba, who is also President Yoweri Museveni’s son, made the statement in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) late Thursday.
“He is in my basement,” Kainerugaba wrote, responding to accusations from Wine that Mutwe had been abducted.
The National Unity Platform (NUP), Wine’s political party, had previously reported that Mutwe was violently taken on April 27 by men in uniforms resembling those of the Special Forces Command—an elite military unit in Uganda.
General Kainerugaba is no stranger to online controversy. In January, he temporarily quit X following backlash over inflammatory posts, including threats to opposition leaders and neighboring nations. Despite the criticism, he later resumed activity on the platform.
The latest development has raised serious concerns about political repression and the use of state forces against opposition figures in Uganda.