Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the Commander of Land Forces (CLF) has never tweeted about the arrest of Kakwenza Rukirabashaija, a government critic.
A screenshot of the alleged tweet which circulated widely by pro-opposition social media enthusiasts has been dismissed by the office of CLF.
“Gen Muhoozi did not post any information regarding Kakwenza’s arrest or detention,” said Land Forces Spokesperson, Maj Chris Magezi.
Magezi doubles as spokesperson of the office of Senior Presidential Advisor in charge of Special Operations headed by Gen Muhoozi.
According to the ‘screenshot’ of the alleged Tweet, Muhoozi reportedly said he wanted Kakwenza’s arrest to be a “lesson to those who abuse me on social media and think they walk away scot free. Whereas we have freedom of speech in Uganda, there should be a limit.”
Magezi said the alleged Tweet was concocted.
“It’s a fake Tweet. If you are not keen, you can be misled that it’s genuine,” Magezi said on Tuesday night.
Magezi challenged anyone who retweeted or quoted the alleged Tweet to speak out and share evidence.
Usually, Twitter keeps an archive of all the tweets, even the deleted ones.
If one quotes a Tweet, which is eventually deleted, one’s timeline will show a link to the deleted tweet.
A further scrutiny into the screenshot of the alleged Tweet shows that was posted at 12:29PM on December 29, 2021.
Interestingly, Twitter’s official timestamp is different from what appeared on the circulated screenshot. The timestamps have commas after the day of the
The screenshot doesn’t have a comma to separate the day of the month of December (Dec) as is the case with other Tweets.
Additionally, at the same time (12:29PM), Muhoozi Tweeted on his official account: “‘Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier!’ Samuel Jackson.” This Tweet’s timestamp (as showed below) is indicated as 12:29 PM Dec 29, 2021.
(Additional reporting by Chimpreports).
