Museveni: Muhoozi Kainerugaba is a Special Gift

President Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has described his son Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba as a gift to the struggle to liberate Uganda. 

On April 24, Museveni hosted Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, eminent leaders of the Government of Uganda, distinguished guests in their respective capacities, family, friends and relatives to a private dinner in honour of Lt Gen Kainerugaba. (Read Story Here).

In his remarks, Museveni described his son Kainerugaba as a gift during the early days of the struggle.

“Lt Gen Muhoozi was a gift to us in our young days of struggle. He was born on 24th April 1974 at Kurasini, Dar es Salam, Mama Janet was driven to the hospital by a Dutch Lady,” said Museveni.

“The following day, I rang Samora Machel to inform him of the news.”

The president also described his son as the earliest kadogo of the Resistance, only second to Julius Kategaya who took another path.

Samuel Kamugisha

Samuel Kamugisha is a Ugandan journalist, editor, translator, language instructor, poet, fiction and non-fiction writer. A Makerere University graduate of Journalism and Communication with a decade-long experience in news reporting, writing and editing, Kamugisha is Editor at The Pearl Times. His other journalistic work was published by The Observer. When he is not doing journalism work -- which is rare -- Kamugisha will be reading or writing a short story or a poem, or caught up in the writer's block. His new children's book 'Friends of Plastics' has been published by Room to Read and Reading Association of Uganda and can be read here: https://literacycloud.org/stories/7887-friends-of-plastic/

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