Major General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son to President Yoweri Museveni dismisses as baseless, reports that he is being groomed to succeed his father as president of Uganda.
Muhoozi, who is among 727 promoted on May 12, also describes as "non-existent" a succession plan hitherto referred to as the 'Muhoozi Project'.
The reported project was the basis of a 2013 dossier by the former coordinator of intelligence services Gen David Sejusa. In the dossier, Sejusa hinted on a grand plan to have Muhoozi, the commanding officer of the Special Forces Command replace his father as president and that anyone who stood in the way risked assassination.
In his dossier, Sejusa suggested that then those opposed to the 'Muhoozi Project' were Gen Aronda Nyakairima (RIP), former prime minister Amama Mbabazi, Inspector general of police (IGP) Kale Kayihura among others.
But Muhoozi who was addressing journalists at the Ministry of Defence headquarters in Mbuya, Kampala this afternoon said he was happy in the military and has no ambitions to assume the presidency. He added that he would go through the right procedure if he ever wanted to be president.
"I am very happy in the military and in case I wanted to join politics, I know the procedures to go through," he said.
"As you heard, I don't have the ambition to be president. I am very happy being in the military and that is where I intend to stay for some time. It [Muhoozi Project] doesn't exist, non-existent - that is a red herring. You have never heard of a message where I promote myself, it is always from the promotions board. That is the process in the military"
Muhoozi also expressed excitement with his latest promotion to the rank of Major General and downplays concerns that his promotions were fast-tracked.
"I am sure the promotion was done on merit by the promotions board," Muhoozi said.
He adds that he will concentrate on developing his career in the army as a dedicated officer.
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