A group of senior Presidential Advisor Odrek Rwabwogo’s supporters (calling themselves Rwabwogo Disciples) has furiously responded to his brother-in-law MK’s Friday social media rant in which he described him as the biggest and most successful thief in Uganda’s history.
In a social media message, posted on his X handle, Gen MK (who on Friday ranted about so many other things) castigated his father Gen YK Museveni, who is also Commander-in-Chief, for what he called the selective fight against corruption.
He indicated some people were being targeted as other thieves are permitted to go scot-free.Gen MK, who is also the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) of Ugandan national army, demanded to know why Gen Museveni continues to hobnob with a corrupt person like Rwabwogo (who marries his daughter Patience) yet at the same time believes he has the moral to clear the locking up of MP Michael Mawanda on corruption charges.
Gen Muhoozi, who is President Yoweri Museveni’s first-born son and serves as the Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) of the national army took to X to make the shocking allegation against Mr Odrek Rwabwogo.Rwabwogo is the husband of Muhoozi’s sister, Pastor Patience Rwabwogo.
“Mzee, you arrested my friend, Michael Mawanda and you are comfortable taking pictures with the BIGGEST THIEF in Uganda,” posted Gen Muhoozi.
Mawanda, who represents Igara County in Parliament, is a key pillar in Gen MK’s Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). MK attached on his tweet a photo of Museveni standing with his brother-in-law Odrek Rwabwogo as he prepared to see him off.
The CDF was referring to the recent arrest of the Igara East MP on corruption allegations.Mawanda holds the position of Director for Mobilization in the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU).
He was arrested with fellow MPs Paul Akamba and Ignatius Wamakuyu Mudimi and remanded to Luzira Prison over allegations of corruption involving the mismanagement of UGX 164 billion intended for the compensation of war-affected cooperative societies in Uganda.
The charges include theft, embezzlement, and conspiracy to defraud. Investigations revealed irregularities such as inflated payments and funds being diverted to non-existent claimants.
Led by Yosia Mugaju, the pro-Rwabwogo group, which has always stood up to defend their man, now says Gen MK is merely being motivated by envy because he has always been envious of Odrek Rwabwogo’s intellectual standing as a towering thought leader in Uganda.
The group, which has previously depicted Rwabwogo as the best suited person to succeed Gen Museveni as President of Uganda, says their man has never been a thief, a fact they claim is known or is supposed to be well-known to Gen MK and his supporters.
“Rwabwogo Is the person who can succeed President Museveni, That Muhoozi is envious Because his Muko Rwabwogo is more brilliant than him. He isn’t a drinker, he’s a very smart man” Yosia Said
