I am an adult, no one will ban me from Twitter - Uganda president's son booms

Uganda's latest four-star general, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has rejected reports that he would be banned from using Twitter. His recent tweets on leading Ugandan military to invade neighbouring Kenya raised a Twitter storm that ended with his father, President Yoweri Museveni, issuing an official apology over the tweets. He was head of Uganda's Land Forces till the controversial tweets caused his promotion to General and replacement as Commander of the Land Forces. In a tweet responding to alleged calls for him to be banned from the micro-blogging site, he said he was an adult who could not be banned from anything. "I hear some journalist from Kenya asked my father to ban me from Twitter? Is that some kind of joke?? I am an adult and NO ONE will ban me from anything!" his tweet of October 18, 2022 read.

Uganda's latest four-star general, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has rejected reports that he would be banned from using Twitter. His recent tweets on leading Ugandan military to invade neighbouring Kenya raised a Twitter storm that ended with his father, President Yoweri Museveni, issuing an official apology over the tweets. He was head of Uganda's Land Forces till the controversial tweets caused his promotion to General and replacement as Commander of the Land Forces. In a tweet responding to alleged calls for him to be banned from the micro-blogging site, he said he was an adult who could not be banned from anything. "I hear some journalist from Kenya asked my father to ban me from Twitter? Is that some kind of joke?? I am an adult and NO ONE will ban me from anything!" his tweet of October 18, 2022 read. I hear some journalist from Kenya asked my father to ban me from Twitter? Is that some kind of joke?? I am an adult and NO ONE will ban me from anything!— Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) October 18, 2022 His father was quoted in a recent interview with a Kenyan outfit as saying: "He will leave Twitter. We have this discussion. Twitter is not a problem. The problem is what you are tweeting about." President Museveni had earlier this month apologized for his son’s comments, saying it was wrong for public officers to meddle in the affairs of other nations. “I ask our Kenyan brothers and sisters to forgive us for tweets sent by General Muhoozi, former Commander of Land Forces here, regarding the election matters in that great country,” Museveni wrote in a statement released Wednesday on his official website. Museveni justified Muhoozi's promotion from Lieutenant General to full General: “Why, then, promote him to full General after these comments? This is because this mistake is one aspect where he has acted negatively as a public officer,” the Ugandan leader said. “There are, however, many other positive contributions the General has made and can still make,” he added while describing Kainerugaba as “a passionate Pan-Africanist.” Muhoozi has himself offered an apology for his comments.