“After 28 years of service in my glorious military, the greatest military in the world, I am happy to announce my retirement,” he has posted on Twitter.
“Me and my soldiers have achieved so much! I have only love and respect for all those great men and women that achieve greatness for Uganda every day,” he added.
Lt Gen Muhoozi announces the decision few days after his implication in political affairs rising suspicion that he might be preparing to replace his father.
His recent activities include talks with President Paul Kagame aimed at mending bilateral ties, talks with the president of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa and the ambassador of France to Uganda.
Lt Gen Muhoozi, 47, is a father of three. He was born on 24th April 1974 in Tanzania where his father lived.
He is the first born and only son of President Museveni.
Ltd Gen Muhoozi attended primary and secondary school in countries including Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden and joined UPDF in 1999.
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Born in 1974 to President Yoweri Museveni and Janet Museveni, Muhoozi is the first born. He attended schools in Tanzania, Kenya and Sweden.
After his father became President of Uganda in 1986, he attended Kampala Parents School, King’s College Budo and St Mary’s College Kisubi.
Muhoozi joined UPDF in the early 1990s, attracting outrage in the media after he was reportedly engaged in military operations without enlisting as a service man.
His father, President Yoweri Museveni, later explained that Muhoozi was only a member of the vigilante force locally known as the Local Defence Unit.
He later attended the University of Nottingham from 1996 until 1998.
Muhoozi formally joined the UPDF 1999 before being admitted at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst where he graduated in 2000, after which he was commissioned Second Lieutenant.
He also attended Egyptian Military Academy where he took both the company and battalion commanders’ courses as well as Kalama Armoured Warfare Training School.
He later took a one-year course at the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, graduating in June 2008.
Muhoozi has seen a meteoric rise through the ranks of the army to Lieutenant-General.
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