Muhoozi Kainerugaba

Muhoozi Kainerugaba
Born	24 April 1974 (1974-04-24) (age 37) Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Residence	Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda
Nationality	Ugandan
Ethnicity	Munyankole
Citizenship	Uganda
Education	Royal Military College Sandhurst, UK Egyptian Military Academy, Egypt Kalama Warfare Training School, Kabamba, Mubende District, Uganda United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
Occupation	Commander of UPDF Special Forces
Years active	1999 — present
Known for	Military
Home town	Rwakitura
Title	Lieutenant Colonel
Religion	Protestant

Muhoozi Kainerugaba (born April 24, 1974^[1]) is a Lieutenant Colonel in the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF). He is the Commander of the Special Forces Group, which contains the unit known as Presidential Guard Brigade responsible for providing security to the President of Uganda and to Uganda's constitutional monarchs.^[2] The Special Forces Group is also responsible for providing security at Uganda's oil installations.^[3]

Family

Kainerugaba was born on 24 April 1974 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania to Yoweri Museveni, the current President of Uganda and Janet Museveni, the Minister for Karamoja Affairs since May 2011^[4]. Muhoozi Kainerugaba is their first-born.

Education

As a child, Kainerugaba attended schools in Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden. After his father became President of Uganda, he attended schools like Kampala Parents School and St. Mary's College Kisubi, a residential middle and high school, located approximately halfway between Kampala and Entebbe. He graduated in 1994.^[5]

According to Kainerugaba, he started military training in 1994 after he left high school. But he did not formally join the UPDF until 1999. That year, he was married and soon after, was admitted to the Royal Military College Sandhurst, graduating in 2000. He was later admitted to Egyptian Military Academy where he took both the company and battalion commanders courses. He also has attended the Kalama Warfare Training School in Kabamba, Mubende District, Central Uganda.^[6] In 2007 he was admitted to a one-year course at the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, graduating in June 2008.^[7]

Military career

Upon his return to Uganda from Sandhurst in 2000, Kainerugaba was assigned to the Presidential Protection Unit as a Second Lieutenant. In 2001, he was promoted to the rank of Major in the UPDF.^[8] As a Major, he became a brigade commander in the Presidential Guard Brigade. 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 the Uganda People's Defence Force.

External links

• Profile at Afdevinfo.com

See also

• Yoweri Museveni
• Janet Museveni
• Sam Kutesa
• UPDF
• Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
• United States Army Command and General Staff College

References

1. ^ Butagira, Tabu (22 May 2010). "Janet Museveni Opens Up On Love, Family And Politics". AllAfrica.com (The Monitor). http://allafrica.com/stories/201005240504.html. Retrieved 20 October 2010. "President Museveni writes in his autobiography: ... Janet and I were married in August 1973 and our first child, Muhoozi [Kainerugaba], was born on April 24, 1974..." 
2. ^ Matsiko, Grace (2 August 2008). "Museveni appoints son as force commander". Daily Nation. http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/-/1066/446200/-/14anqyoz/-/index.html. 
3. ^ Matsiko, Grace (9 August 2008). "Uganda: Muhoozi's Special Forces to Protect National Assets". All Africa. http://allafrica.com/stories/200808090103.html. 
4. ^ Museveni Names New Cabinet, May 2011
5. ^ Ladu, Ismail Musa (27 September 2010). "Muhoozi: Why I joined the army". Daily Monitor. http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1018702/-/cnko55z/-/. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
6. ^ Kato, Joshua (21 April 2006). "mzee always sends me to the most dangerous – Major Muhoozi". The New Vision. http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/9/38/494094. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
7. ^ "Leavenworth County gets international VIP". The Mirror. 13 June 2008. http://www.tonganoxiemirror.com/news/2008/jun/13/leavenworth_county_gets_international_vip/. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 
8. ^ Kalinaki, Daniel. "Gaddafi Visits Uganda". AU Monitor. http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/comments/1156/. Retrieved 20 October 2010. 

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Name	Kainerugaba, Muhoozi
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Date of birth	24 April 1974
Place of birth	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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