{"id":2000120441,"date":"2026-07-25T15:29:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/?p=2000120441"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T13:32:23","slug":"gen-muhoozi-kainerugaba-visits-rwanda-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gen-muhoozi-kainerugaba-visits-rwanda-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba begins visit to Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gen Muhoozi was received at Kigali International Airport on Saturday, July 25, 2026, by the Chief of Defence Staff of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Gen Mubarakh Muganga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also present to welcome him were Maj Gen Willy Rwagasana, Commander of the RDF’s Republican Guard, and Col Ezekiel Matsiko, Uganda’s Defence Attach\u00e9 to Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the visit, Gen Muhoozi is expected to meet senior Rwanda Defence Force officials to discuss ways of further enhancing defence cooperation between Rwanda and Uganda. He is also scheduled to be received by President Paul Kagame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This marks Gen Muhoozi’s first visit to Rwanda since March 2025, when he held discussions with senior RDF commanders on bilateral military cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During that visit, he also toured the Rwanda Defence Force\u00a0Command and Staff College\u00a0 in Nyakinama of Musanze District, where he delivered a lecture on the role of African countries in promoting peace and security across the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Maj Gen Willy Rwagasana, Commander of the RDF’s Republican Guard also welcomed Gen Muhoozi in Kigali. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba was received by senior Rwanda Defence Force officials upon arrival in Rwanda.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Mubarakh Muganga welcomed Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba in Kigali.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba arrives at Kigali International Airport for a two-day visit to Rwanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has arrived at Kigali International Airport for a two-day visit to Rwanda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) and Senior Presidential Adviser for Special Operations, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has arrived in Rwanda for a two-day working visit aimed at strengthening military cooperation between the two neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2000120445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[151,69],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-2000120441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-37","tag-editors-choice","tag-homehighlights","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000120445,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","alt":"","caption":"Rwanda Defence Force Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Mubarakh Muganga welcomed Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba in Kigali.","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":1000,"height":741,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","width":1000,"height":741},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","width":1000,"height":741},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","width":1000,"height":741},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","width":1000,"height":741},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.igihe.com\/en\/2026\/07\/whatsapp_image_2026-07-25_at_14.26_05_1_-20945.jpg","width":1000,"height":741}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000120441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000120441"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000120441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2000120450,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000120441\/revisions\/2000120450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000120445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000120441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000120441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000120441"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=2000120441"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=2000120441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}