Kenyan Lawyer Moves To Have Museveni's Son Jailed For Life
Muhoozi found himself on the spot again after he accused a Kenyan journalist of convincing his father Museveni to ban him from Twitter following the reckless remarks.
Marvin Chege 
An advocate has moved to the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi to file a case seeking to have Uganda President Yoweri Museveni's son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, charged with treason.
The advocate, Paul Mboya, filed a petition seeking to have Muhoozi charged owing to the remarks he made on Twitter that almost triggered a diplomatic confrontation between Kenya and Uganda.
Mboya faulted the remarks made on Monday, October 3 threatening to institute military action to capture Nairobi in a period of two weeks, terming them a threat to Kenya's security.
"That Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the 3rd Respondent who is a Senior Military Officer in the neighbouring country of Uganda has committed treasonable offences of threatening national security, territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kenya after expressing his intention to launch a military invasion to capture Nairobi, the capital city of the Republic of Kenya within two (2) weeks," reads the petition.
An image of the Milimani Law Courts. /FILE
Mboya also highlighted the subsequent actions by President Museveni to promote him to a full General, having dropped him as the Commander of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF), thus according him more powers.
"The Head of State of the Republic of Uganda who is also the Commander of the Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF), has rewarded Lt. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba by promoting him to a full General of the Uganda Peoples' Defense Force (UPDF) following his threats to invade Kenya thereby conferring additional capabilities to General Muhoozi Kainerugaba," adds the lawyer.
Mboya further accused Muhoozi of violation of Section 43 of the Penal Code which provides for Treasonable felony as follows:
"Any person who, not owing allegiance to the Republic, in Kenya or elsewhere, commits any act or combination of acts which, if it were committed by a person who owed such allegiance, would amount to the offence of treason under section 40, is guilty of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for life."
The Inspector General of Police and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) have been cited as the 1st and 2nd respondents and are accused of failing to take action following Muhoozi's remarks.
Mboya wants the court to certify the application as urgent and order that Muhoozi has a prima facie case to answer. He further wants the Police IG and DCI ordered to furnish the court with an investigation report and charge sheet with respect to the alleged offence.
Muhoozi found himself on the spot again after he accused a Kenyan journalist of convincing his father Museveni to ban him from Twitter following the reckless remarks.
"I hear some journalist from Kenya asked my father to ban me from Twitter. Is that some kind of joke? I am an adult, and no one will ban me from anything!" he ranted.
Speaking to KTN News' Sophia Wanuna on Sunday, October 16, Museveni recognised that the African continent has its own issues but not regarding tweeting and that Muhoozi was a good general who only made a mistake.
However, he promised that his son would not talk about other countries, even Uganda's politics, in the same reckless manner he did against Kenya.
“Africa has a lot of problems and Twitting is not the most serious problem. That General [Muhoozi], is a very good officer with army things. If someone is good at something but makes a mistake in something else, you try to manage it,” he said.
“If he was tweeting on sports or things that are not controversial, that would not be a problem, but to talk about other countries, or even politics of Uganda, is what he will not do," he said.
President Yoweri Museveni during an interview with Sophia Wanuna on October 16, 2022. /KTN NEWS
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