One tweet from a general just torched a whole country's relationship with Washington.
Risch's red line call on Uganda
Muhoozi's posts blew up fast
Uganda's election is sketchy at best
Bobi Wine caught in the crossfire
Risch's red line call on Uganda
- Senator Jim Risch called out General Muhoozi Kainerugaba hard.
- Wants a full reevaluation of the security partnership.
- Sanctions and military cooperation are both on the table.
- Called the apology hollow and totally not enough.
Muhoozi's posts blew up fast
- General Muhoozi Kainerugaba accused U.S. diplomats of backing Bobi Wine.
- Then suspended cooperation with the U.S. mission entirely.
- Backtracked hours later, said he got bad intel.
- Framed the whole reversal as keeping friendships alive.
Uganda's election is sketchy at best
- President Yoweri Museveni won with a massive margin.
- U.S. lawmakers questioned whether the results were legit at all.
- Critics called the whole thing illegitimate, straight up.
- Violence and opposition crackdowns got tied to the polls.
Bobi Wine caught in the crossfire
- Opposition leader Bobi Wine's home got raided on January 16.
- Muhoozi blamed the U.S. Embassy staff for that whole mess.
- The Embassy never confirmed any of those wild claims.
- Supporters of Wine's National Unity Platform faced arrests, too.