Gen Muhoozi Claims Detention of Bobi Wine’s Bodyguard.

National: President Museveni’s son and Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has confirmed that opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi’s chief civilian bodyguard, Edward Ssebufu, commonly known as Eddie Mutwe, is in military custody days after he was allegedly abducted by security operatives in Mukono District.

In a series of controversial posts on his official X (formerly Twitter) account on May 1, Gen Muhoozi claimed that Ssebufu was being held in his basement and was being forced to salute a portrait of President Yoweri Museveni each morning before breakfast. Museveni has ruled Uganda since 1986.

One of the posts included a photo of a half-naked Ssebufu. Gen Muhoozi, who is widely seen as a possible successor to his father, also claimed that Ssebufu was being taught Runyankore, a dialect spoken in western Uganda where the Museveni family hails from.

Gen Muhoozi celebrated his 51st birthday on April 24.