Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba will stay off Twitter when it comes to affairs of state, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni says.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his son Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba. PHOTOS | FILE | NMGUgandan President Yoweri Museveni said Monday that his outspoken son would stay off Twitter when it comes to affairs of state, after a social media tirade that included a threat to invade neighbouring Kenya.
"He will leave Twitter. We have this discussion. Twitter is not a problem. The problem is what you are tweeting about," the veteran leader said in an interview with a local Ugandan television station.
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