Muhoozi hints at meeting with Ruto, offers to pay cows for past mistakes
By Mustafa Juma, February 8, 2026Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has signalled a possible meeting with President William Ruto in the coming months.
Taking to his official X account on Sunday, February 8, 2026, President Yoweri Museveni’s son struck a conciliatory tone as he sought to reaffirm the long-standing brotherly ties between Kenya and Uganda.
Muhoozi said he plans to visit President Ruto in the coming months and expressed readiness to make amends for any past remarks or actions that may have strained relations between the two neighbours.
“In the next few months I am going to visit my big brother, H.E. Ruto. If I made mistakes in the past, I am ready to pay cows for my errors. The brotherly relationship between Uganda and Kenya can never be broken,” Muhoozi stated.
Threats to attack Kenya
In October 2022, Museveni moved to quell a possible diplomatic tiff with Kenya when he offered an apology over incendiary tweets posted by his son.
President Museveni acknowledged that Muhoozi Kainerugaba’s remarks were inappropriate, as they interfered with the internal affairs of Kenya.
Kainerugaba had stirred social media with claims that had the potential to rock relations between the two neighbouring East African Community member states, with claims suggesting he could send troops to capture Nairobi and that he could do that in under two weeks.
Muhoozi also berated Kenya’s 2022 democratic handing over of power, as he took a swipe at democratic transitions and appeared to suggest that a revolution was the best way to effect a change in political leadership.
Muhoozi mocks Kenya’s Haiti mission
In July 2025, General Muhoozi launched another scathing attack on Kenya, mocking the then-Kenyan-led multinational mission in Haiti and claiming that Uganda’s army would restore order in just two months.
In a string of controversial posts shared on X on Saturday, July 5, 2025, Muhoozi dismissed Kenya’s nearly two-year operation as a failure, describing Kenyan troops as unfit for the task.
“It would take us 1 month to capture Port-au-Prince. The Kenyans have failed after nearly 2 years…that’s what we expected. Weaklings. The UN is welcome to offer us favourable terms,” he wrote.
Muhoozi also accused the Kenyan military of lacking courage, saying their elite units would be no match for Haiti’s entrenched gang networks.
“Let’s give Kenya’s so-called elite Special Forces one month to organise Port-au-Prince and report back. If they fail, UPDF will do the job,” he posted.