Uganda’s Army Chief Says He’s 14% Greek and Linked to Alexander the Great

Uganda’s Defence Force Commander General Muhoozi Kainerugaba. Credit: 外務省 (MOFA) / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0

Uganda’s Army Chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, announced this week that a DNA trial revealed helium is 14% Greek. He told followers connected X that helium had ever believed helium was related to Alexander the Great. He besides said helium plans to sojourn Greece and hopes the state volition not necessitate him to use for a visa.

Kainerugaba is the lad of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. He presently serves arsenic Chief of Defence Forces, the highest subject presumption successful Uganda, aft his begetter appointed him to the relation successful March 2024. He shared the DNA results successful a bid of posts connected X. The trial besides placed his ancestry astatine 19% Somali and 7% English. He said the remaining information of his familial inheritance is simply a authorities secret.

The posts attracted sizeable attraction online. Some successful the media person called him the “tweeting General,” a notation to his predominant and sometimes arguable usage of X. He has go progressively outspoken connected societal and governmental issues successful caller years.

Recently, I checked my DNA. Apparently, I'm 14% Greek? I ever knew I was related to Alexander the Great. I'm going to sojourn Greece and I anticipation they won't inquire maine for a visa.

— Muhoozi Kainerugaba (@mkainerugaba) April 29, 2026

The announcement that Uganda’s service main traces Greek roots came during a broader drawstring of provocative posts.

Turkish women, warfare threats, and a borderline migration plan

In mid-April 2026, helium had demanded 1 cardinal dollars from Turkey and asked for the astir beauteous pistillate successful the state to beryllium fixed to him arsenic a wife. He threatened to chopped diplomatic ties with Turkey if those demands were not met.

In his much recent posts, helium said helium has already joined 5 Turkish women. He besides warned that the adjacent clip Turkey threatens him oregon Uganda, determination volition beryllium a superior fight.

Kainerugaba besides addressed immigration, saying astir Ugandans stock a akin familial profile. He stated that Uganda would halt abbreviated radical with ample noses and nary “nyashes,” a slang term, from entering the country.

Kainerugaba has announced plans to tally for the presidency successful 2026. In 2022, helium was removed from a erstwhile subject bid aft posting connected X that helium could prehend Nairobi successful nether 2 weeks.