By Peter Segawa
KAMPALA-Supporters of Maj Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba have urged him to stand for the presidency in 2021.
The group called ‘MK Generation’ has set up an elaborate social media campaign to influence Muhoozi and the public to accept his candidature.
Riding with a slogan of ‘Our Generation President’, the group has thrown a spanner in the works of the age-limit debate by drawing attention from President Yoweri Museveni to the son.
In the past, Gen.Muhoozi has distanced him from the succession debate.
When asked earlier this year by a local television station, whether he was interested in the presidency, Muhoozi said “No, I do not have the ambition to be President. I am very happy being in the military and that is where I intend to stay for some time.”
Last year, placards emerged bearing a similar campaign, forcing the police to arrest youths who were behind the campaign. It is not clear who sponsored the placards and whether there are any links between them and government functionaries.
