{"id":28417,"date":"2022-01-22T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2022-01-22T11:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=28417"},"modified":"2022-01-22T15:03:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-22T12:03:16","slug":"details-gen-muhoozi-kainerugaba-in-kigali-for-talks-with-kagame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/22\/details-gen-muhoozi-kainerugaba-in-kigali-for-talks-with-kagame\/","title":{"rendered":"DETAILS: Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba In Kigali For Talks With Kagame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda&#8217;s Land Forces Commander, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is in Rwanda to meet with the country\u2019s  President, Paul Kagame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen Muhoozi jetted in Kigali on Saturday morning aboard a Uganda Airlines Bombardier Plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Land Forces boss, who is also President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s son, arrived at Kanombe International Airport clad in a light blue business suit, something analysts say is an indication he is visiting in his capacity as Special Presidential Advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muhoozi was received by Rwandan military officials who included, Brig Gen Willy Rwagasana, the Commandant of Rwanda&#8217;s Republican Guard and the country&#8217;s Defence Military Spokesperson, Col Ronald Rwivanga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010-555x360.jpg 555w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20220122_150010-360x233.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He is set to meet President Kagame for talks, many believe are aimed at easing Uganda &#8211; Rwanda tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The two countries have been engaged in a cold war of sorts since Rwanda closed its border with Uganda in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gen Muhoozi&#8217;s visit comes on the heels of Ambassador Adonia Ayebare&#8217;s to Kigali days ago, in which he delivered President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s special message to Kagame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PaulKagame?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@PaulKagame<\/a>\u2069 for warmly receiving me \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrugwiroVillage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@UrugwiroVillage<\/a>\u2069 today to deliver \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KagutaMuseveni?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@KagutaMuseveni<\/a>\u2069\u2019s special message. \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateHouseUg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@StateHouseUg<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UgandaMFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@UgandaMFA<\/a>\u2069 \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tybisa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Tybisa<\/a>\u2069 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9X3viMDhee\">pic.twitter.com\/9X3viMDhee<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Adonia Ayebare (@adoniaayebare) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/adoniaayebare\/status\/1483089879915507717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Ayebare&#8217;s visit to Kigali, Gen Muhoozi broke the Internet when he tweeted photos of President Kagame, saying the Rwandan leader is his uncle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is my uncle, Afande Paul Kagame. Those who fight him are fighting my family. They should all be careful. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YwBM5DwX0S\">pic.twitter.com\/YwBM5DwX0S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkainerugaba\/status\/1482758145457930241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 16, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saturday&#8217;s talks between Gen Muhoozi and President Kagame, are expected to focus on the Uganda &#8211; Rwanda relations and how rhey can be improved, to end the current &#8216;standoff.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda&#8217;s Land Forces Commander, Lt Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is in Rwanda to meet with the country\u2019s President, Paul Kagame. Gen Muhoozi jetted in Kigali on Saturday morning aboard a Uganda Airlines Bombardier Plane. The Land Forces boss, who is also President Yoweri Museveni\u2019s son, arrived at Kanombe International Airport clad in a light blue business [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":28418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-28417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28422,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28417\/revisions\/28422"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}