First Son Gen. Muhoozi Accompanies President Museveni in Russia for Africa-Russia Summit

President Museveni of Uganda has embarked on a significant journey alongside his First Son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to Russia to attend the highly anticipated second Africa-Russia summit scheduled to take place on July 27th and 28th in the beautiful city of St. Petersburg.
For the 1st time, president Museveni was accompanied by Gen Muhoozi who is also the Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations as he flew out for the summit that kicks off tomorrow.

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According to sources, this is part of the wider strategy by Museveni to introduce his son to the diplomatic world and the likely allies he will need should he seek a political future.

It’s on record that Muhoozi has publicly shown interest in Russia for instance in March, at the peak of the Russia-Ukraine war, he tweeted and vowed to send troops to Moscow to defend Russia President Vladmir Putin.

 “Call me a Putinist if you want, Uganda should send soldiers to defend Moscow if ever it was threatened by imperialists,” Muhoozi tweeted.

“The West is wasting its time with useless pro-Ukrainian propaganda.” he added
Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba in the last June this year he also met Russian Ambassador to Uganda, Vladlen Semivolos with whom they discussed matters about strong bilateral relations between Uganda and the Russian Federation and reviewed our countries military-technical cooperation agreement.

President Museveni his also expected to visit Serbia after the Russian Summit to launch an experiential trade, tourism, and investment hub dubbed Uganda connect.