Seven months after OJ-UGANDACOM launched, its most read articles are about army chief General Muhoozi Kainerugaba and his mother, Janet Museveni, who is also the minister of Education and Sports.
The story we published about General Kainerugaba was a fact check, and we were investigating the widely believed rumour in Kampala and other urban areas that he had an affair with the daughter of former Lubaga South MP John Ken Lukyamuzi.
The fact check involved an interview with Mr Lukyamuzi himself, who told this website that the rumour was false and that he had sued the newspaper, now defunct, that started the rumour by publishing a false story that Susan Nampijja was romantically involved with General Kainerugaba.
Ms Nampijja also dismissed this rumour, as Bukedde newspaper reported in November 2023.
General Kainerugaba is President Museven’s first child and has been married for decades. He has never publicly addressed the rumour, but his followers on X allude to it in comments when he makes tongue-in-cheek posts about women.
The second article is an opinion written under the column, The Founder’s Mind Space, and it reacted to a piece Mrs Museveni wrote on May 8, responding to an article Daily Monitor published on May 3.
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That article was written by one of the newspaper’s columnists, Philip Matogo, and was titled “When a revolution eats up its children”.
Writing in the government-owned New Vision, Mrs Museveni, who did not mention the columnist’s name, said she was “saddened that a journalist could cast aspersions on someone who has passed away and is not able to speak or answer for themselves”.
“We must ask ourselves, ‘How would I feel if they were spreading lies about my loved one or family member?’” she wrote.
The article did not single out any lie that the columnist wrote about Jimmy Bageire, whom Mrs Museveni called “a vibrant and kind young man who came from a wonderful family that are still our friends to this day”.
This website took interest in Mrs Museveni’s article because of her claim that “we have done our best to serve the people of Uganda with a clean conscience before God.”
The title of our article was “Museveni family keeps invoking God—but if he exists, is he really happy with their record?”
🔴 Brief But Hot brings you short, sharp takes on stories that are of great public interest—politically charged, emotionally raw or socially explosive. These are not long reads, but they pack a punch. When something happens that demands attention now, you will find it here.
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