Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who can also be the son of President Yoweri Museveni, has demanded $1 billion from Turkey and the “most beautiful woman in the country” as his spouse.
Kainerugaba claimed that Uganda’s contribution to regional safety efforts had gone unrecognised and that monetary compensation was due.
He has additionally threatened to chop diplomatic ties with Turkey and shut its embassy in Kampala inside 30 days if his calls for are usually not met.
He additionally made a separate controversial comment, asking Turkey at hand over “the most beautiful woman in the country,” saying he would marry her.
In a collection of posts on X, Kainerugaba accused Turkey of benefiting from enterprise and infrastructure initiatives in Somalia, together with ports and airports within the capital, Mogadishu.
This man, Muhoozi Kainerubaga is the chief of the Ugandan ???????? Army, son of the dictator Museveni an doable future chief of the nation
Here, he’s threatening Turkiye ????????, asking for 1 billion $ and probably the most lovely turkish lady as a spouse or he stops diplomatic relations. pic.twitter.com/xPORjQTVHm
— Clément Molin (@clement_molin) April 11, 2026
He claimed that whereas Turkey was incomes income from these initiatives, Uganda had been carrying a heavy safety duty for a few years.
Uganda has deployed troops in Somalia for practically 20 years as a part of African Union missions, primarily to combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, which is linked to Al-Qaeda.
He stated Uganda ought to obtain $1 billion from Turkey as a “security dividend”. “For Turkey, it’s a really simple deal… Either they pay us, or I close their embassy here. They can reciprocate and shut our embassy in Turkey as well. No problem,” his posts on X learn.
Kainerugaba stated relations between Uganda and Turkey are “serious” and shouldn’t be handled like social media drama.
He warned that Uganda might quickly lower diplomatic ties with Turkey, saying, “Forget Twitter games. We will close diplomatic relations with them very soon.” He additionally accused Turkey of appearing unfairly towards Uganda, including, “Who needs a friend who keeps stabbing you in the back.”
He additional suggested Ugandans to keep away from travelling to Turkey “for your own safety”.
I counsel ALL Ugandans to keep away from all journey to Turkey. For your personal security.
— Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) April 11, 2026
In the identical posts, he expressed help for Israel, including, “I am ready to deploy 100,000 Ugandan soldiers to Israel, under my command, to protect the Holy Land — the land of Jesus Christ our God.”
This is just not the primary time Kainerugaba has made an uncommon assertion. In October 2022, he publicly stated he was keen to supply 100 Ankole cows, which he described as “the most beautiful cows on Earth,” in change for the hand in marriage of Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
