Uganda, March 30 -- Last week, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba was appointed as the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces. This appointment gives Gen Muhoozi, popularly known as Gen MK (I prefer Emkay), total control of all elements of the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces.

Before he was appointed CDF of the UPDF, Gen Emkay had been Senior Presidential Advisor on Special Operations. But that didn't really matter.

What mattered was that he had started some kind of pressure group called Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU). Most Ugandans called it Pilau (a cuisine associated with Muslims and the Arabs).

With a highly attended rally in Masaka, Gen Emkay was viewed as a political force to reckon with. Some analysts even thought this...