A team of young friends of the first son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba on April 25th threw him a befitting birthday fete at Speke Resort Munyonyo.
Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba who is the Senior Presidential Advisor for Special Operations, turned 45 years.
The event was attended by his friends in the military, business community, civil service and Members of Parliament.
A jovial Kainerugaba thanked all his friends for organising and honouring the invite.
“We appreciate all of you,” he said, adding, this was his first public birthday celebration in 33 years. The last time was in 1986, very soon after Kampala fell.”
He said, he looked forward to continue serving his country in the armed forces.
Some of the guests included the Chief of Staff, Land Forces Maj Gen Leopold Kyanda, the Deputy IGP Maj Gen Sabiiti Muzeyi, the Chief of Staff Airforce Maj Gen James Birungi, Lt Col Edith Nakalema and the commander of the Special Forces Command Maj Gen Don Nabasa among other senior UPDF officers.
Others were; Mr Patrick Bitature, Ms Evelyn Anite, Mr Frank Tumwebaze, Mr Peter Ogwang, Mr Rajiv Ruparelia, Mr Edwin Karugire, Mr Kiryowa Kiwanuka, Mr Robert Kabushenga, and Mr Ofwono Opondo, Mr Moses Byaruhanga, Mr Willis Bashaasha among others.
Several speakers praised Gen Kainerugaba for his humility and high level of discipline despite his privileged position as a first son.
Portrait of a soldier: Who is Muhoozi Kainerugaba?
April 24, 1974: Born in Dar Salaam Tanzania, while his father and mother- President Yoweri Museveni and Janet Museveni,the Minister of Education and Sports were in exile.
Currently, he serves as the Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations.
As a child, Muhoozi attended schools in Tanzania, Mount Kenya Academy in Nyeri Kenya and Sweden. After his father became President , he attended Kampala Parents School, then King’s College Budo for senior one and joined St. Mary’s College Kisubi (SMACK) where he completed his secondary school education in 1994.
He joined Nottingham University in the UK where he graduated with a Political Sciences Degree in 1997.
He in 1999 joined the army and the same year married Charlotte Nankunda Kutesa. The couple has three children together.
In 2000, he left his young family and was admitted to the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst for an Officer Cadet Course from whence he graduated in 2000 and was commissioned to the rank of Second Lieutenant on return. He then served as head of Combat Readiness unit within the Presidential Protection Unit (PPU).
He then became captain and later joined the Egyptian Military Academy where he took both the company and battalion commanders courses. On return he became a major, still in what was now the Presidential Guard Brigade.
He attended several courses including at the Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School, in Kabamba, Mubende District and at United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 2007 and graduated in June 2008. Following that, he successfully completed the Executive National Security Programme at the South African National Defence College.
Following his graduation from Fort Leavenworth in 2008, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed Commander of the Special Forces Group in UPDF. On 16th May 2016 he was promoted to the rank of major general by the Commander in Chief.
On 10 January 2017, he was appointed to the post of Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations.
On February 8th 2019, Muhoozi was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.