Ugandan Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba now says that no civilian will rule the country after his father and long-serving President Yoweri Museveni.

In a statement on Saturday, Muhoozi said Ugandan security forces will not allow such a thing to happen. He insisted that the next President of Uganda will only come from either the military or the police service. 

"No civilian will lead Uganda after President Museveni. The security forces will not allow it. The next leader will be a soldier or policeman," Muhoozi said on X.

This comes even as he has previously expressed interest in succeeding his father as President of Uganda.

In January 2023, Muhoozi took to social media to say that he will become President of Uganda.

Then a General, he said that fortune only favours children of God and he is one.

"Fortune favours the sons of God! I will be President of Uganda one day," he said in a tweet.

This comes a few months after Muhoozi said that being President of the Republic of Uganda would be the best way to appreciate his mother.

"The only way I can re-pay my great mother is by being President of Uganda! And I shall do it!" he said.

The remarks were part of his continued Twitter 'outbursts' on taking over after his father Yoweri Museveni, while at the same time putting the Ugandan opposition on notice.

Muhoozi has previously expressed confidence that the opposition under musician-cum politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine will never lead the country upon his father's retirement. 

Uganda will go to the polls in 2026 to elect a new president. Museveni has ruled the country since he ascended to power in 1986.

"To the Ugandan opposition, after my father, I will defeat you badly in any election. Ugandans love me more than they'll ever love you," Muhoozi said in 2022.

However, Museveni in an interview with Kenya's KTN News said that he was not backing his son to succeed him.

He said they will have a sit down as the National Resistance Movement and whoever the party will pick as his successor is the person he will back. By Brian Oruta, The Star