Uganda’s Commander of Land Forces Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba was this week speaking a different language on the Ethiopian conflict, the result of a trip to Addis Ababa and an apparent lobbying by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
Lt-Gen Muhoozi had irked authorities in Addis Ababa when he tweeted support for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the rebels opposed to Mr Abiy, and sided with Egypt in a statement presumed to take sides on the controversial Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (Gerd).
But after a trip that saw him visit Gerd station, meet with military chiefs in Addis Ababa and Mr Abiy, Lt-Gen Muhoozi said the people there had received him with “love and kindness.” “This morning our delegation had very good and fruitful discussions with our brother Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia.
“We believe in African solutions to African problems. I’m optimistic about a resolution of the Ethiopian conflict. Godbless Africa!” he wrote on Twitter on Thursday. His trip also took him to Ethiopia’s Airforce Headquarters, Military Intelligence and police headquarters where he and his delegation “met had productive discussions with management respective facilities” according to a statement by Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Lt-Gen Muhoozi’s visit came after Ethiopia’s ambassador to Uganda Alemtsehay Meseret Gelaw met President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe on August 3 during which the Tigray conflict was discussed.
As the Tigray conflict raged on last year, Muhoozi sent out a series of tweets in November 2021 and rattled the government in Addis.
Uganda’s Commander of Land Forces Lt-Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba was this week speaking a different language on the Ethiopian conflict, the result of a trip to Addis Ababa and an apparent lobbying by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government.
Lt-Gen Muhoozi had irked authorities in Addis Ababa when he tweeted support for the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), the rebels opposed to Mr Abiy, and sided with Egypt in a statement presumed to take sides on the controversial Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (Gerd).
But after a trip that saw him visit Gerd station, meet with military chiefs in Addis Ababa and Mr Abiy, Lt-Gen Muhoozi said the people there had received him with “love and kindness.” “This morning our delegation had very good and fruitful discussions with our brother Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed of Ethiopia.
“We believe in African solutions to African problems. I’m optimistic about a resolution of the Ethiopian conflict. Godbless Africa!” he wrote on Twitter on Thursday. His trip also took him to Ethiopia’s Airforce Headquarters, Military Intelligence and police headquarters where he and his delegation “met had productive discussions with management respective facilities” according to a statement by Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Lt-Gen Muhoozi’s visit came after Ethiopia’s ambassador to Uganda Alemtsehay Meseret Gelaw met President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe on August 3 during which the Tigray conflict was discussed.
As the Tigray conflict raged on last year, Muhoozi sent out a series of tweets in November 2021 and rattled the government in Addis.
