The son President Yoweri Museveni has stoked the speculation that he is in line to succeed his father. Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has tweeted that he will repay his great mother by becoming president. ”The only way I can re-pay my great mother is by being President of Uganda! And I shall definitely do it”.
His father Yoweri Museveni has been in power since 1986 and there are frequent rumours that Gen Kainerugaba is being groomed to follow him.

At the beginning of October 2022, General Kainerugaba threatened in a tweet to invade neighbouring Kenya prompting a public apology by his father president Museveni.