The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF), Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has deactivated his X account, following a series of posts in which he attacked and threatened to arrest Vice President Rtd Maj Jessica Alupo on Monday night.
In a series of posts directed at the VP Alupo, Gen Muhoozi alleged that Alupo was part of the alleged treachery of former Deputy CDF Lt Gen Peter Elwelu, who was arrested by security forces in Soroti City last week.
“We shall arrest Jessica, without hesitation if she is part of Elweru’s treachery” he said.
He added, “I told you I would arrest Besigye and I did. I told you I would defeat Kabobi and I did. I told you I would arrest Lukwago and I did. And many more. I think you should start believing me”.
Gen Muhoozi, who further alleged that Alupo supported former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, in his 2021 presidential bid, said he will dismiss her from government soon, reiterating that she would account for alleged support of Gen Elwelu’s alleged treachery activities.
“As Deputy Commander-in-Chief, Jessica will be dismissed from our government soon. We have very many supporters in Teso. We don’t have to rely on traitors” he said.
He added, “There are already strong signals that Jessica was supporting the treachery of Elweru. If that is true she will account for it”
“Jessica supported Amama Mbabazi to the maximum in 2015-16 when he stood against Mzee. If they think we have forgotten about that” Gen Muhoozi stated in series of posts.
Continuing with the verbal barrage and hinting about becoming the Vice president, Muhoozi noted that Uganda had been diplomatic enough and told the person occupying the office to prepare to hand it over soon.
“As Vice President, the government will operate on military terms. There will be no more inefficiency” he said.
Efforts to reach Gen Muhoozi’s account on Tuesday morning were futile, after search results returned, a “This account doesn’t exist” landing page, pointing to a voluntary deactivation by the user rather than an administrative suspension by the platform.
By the time of this publication, there was no formal communication from the UPDF acting PRO, Col Chris Magezi, on the reasons for the deactivation.
