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General Muhoozi apologises over previous post accusing US of helping opposition

Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba at an event in Kampala, Uganda, on May 7, 2022. [AFP]

 Uganda's army chief broke ties with the United States on Friday, accusing its embassy of helping missing opposition leader Bobi Wine, then reversed his stance an hour later.

"I want to apologise to our great friends the United States for my earlier tweets that I have now deleted," army chief Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is also the son of the president, wrote on X.

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