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Uganda’s army chief briefly broke ties with the United States on Friday, accusing the U.S. Embassy of helping opposition leader Bobi Wine, before reversing course an hour later.
“I want to apologise to our great friends the United States for my earlier tweets that I have now deleted,” army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the president, wrote on X.
“I was being fed with wrong information. I have spoken with the US Ambassador to our country and everything is okay,” he added.
Earlier, he had posted on X that the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) was suspending all cooperation with the U.S. Embassy in Kampala, claiming involvement in hiding Wine, who has been on the run since this month’s elections.
Kainerugaba, who leads the UPDF and is President Yoweri Museveni’s son, has long been seen as a potential successor.
Wine accused the government of “blatant theft” and fled, saying the army raided his home to arrest him.
Kainerugaba is known for his provocative posts on X. The deleted post claimed coordination with the U.S. Embassy and extended to Somalia, where Uganda contributes to the international mission against insurgents.
Last week, he boasted of pursuing Wine and claimed his forces had killed 30 of Wine’s supporters and arrested 2,000 others since the election.
