Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has apologised to the United States for his earlier statement.
In the statement, Muhoozi announced the suspension of all cooperation between the Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) and the United States of America embassy in Kampala.
According to Muhoozi, this was because he was being fed wrong information.
“I want to apologise to our great friends, the United States, for my earlier tweets that I have now deleted. I was being fed wrong information. I have spoken with the US Ambassador to our country, and everything is okay. We are going to continue our military cooperation as usual,” he stated.
He also accused the US embassy in Kampala of colluding with opposition politician Bobi Wine to stage his kidnapping, claiming that the information was based on intelligence reports.
“Fellow Ugandans, because of the present situation where an opposition leader kidnapped himself and is missing, and according to our best intelligence, did all this in coordination with the current administration at the US Embassy in our country. We as UPDF suspend ALL cooperation with the current administration at the US Embassy in Kampala. This includes our work in Somalia,” Muhoozi added.
