I'll defeat you after my father retires, Muhoozi tells opposition

President Yoweri Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba has kicked off a fresh storm in Uganda by claiming he is the country's next President-designate. 

Muhoozi expressed confidence that the opposition under musician-cum politician Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine will never lead the country upon his father's retirement. 

"To the Ugandan opposition, after my father, I will defeat you badly in any election. Ugandans love me more than they'll ever love you," he said in a tweet on Friday.

Uganda will go to the polls in 2026 to elect a new president. Museveni has ruled the country since he ascended to power in 1978.

Bobi Wine, the leader of the National Unity Platform, first declared his presidential bid in 2019 but lost to Museveni in the 2021 elections.

This is not the first time that Muhoozi has made comments over the presidential succession.

In May 2019, Muhoozi shared a meme showing how he and his 'brother' were competing for the position.

He captioned it, "Me and my young brother Kabobi arguing over who can fill my father's shoes! Thanks to the best artist in Uganda."

Replying to the tweet, Bobi Wine said, "I am not your brother and I'm not competing for your father's shoes. You're entitled to M7's shoes, cows and even his hat. One mistake you make is to think that Uganda is one of your father's properties for you to inherit."

The opposition leader has in the past claimed that Museveni was grooming Muhoozi for the seat, in a bid to establish monarch.

In a reply to Muhoozi's tweet on Friday, a tweep asked if by the phrase "after my father", he meant to profile Uganda as a monarch.

"Whatever you call us. Uganda will never be a neo-colonial property," Muhoozi said.