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The Muhoozi succession recasts Kampala’s regional policy

President Museveni is planning his seventh presidential term but his son and heir apparent unsettles neighbouring states

As President Yoweri Museveni lays the groundwork for a seventh term next January, a pressing question remains, will he manage to control his mercurial son and heir apparent, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba? Muhoozi, who heads the Uganda People’s Defence Forces, has alienated some of Uganda’s neighbours such as Kenya and won over others such as Rwanda.

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