Uganda’s military said Sunday it was cutting all military cooperation with Germany, citing allegations that Berlin’s ambassador in Kampala was involved in “subversive activities.”
Germany’s foreign ministry dismissed the accusations as “absurd and without any merit” at a press briefing in Berlin on Monday, but declined to provide further details.
Ugandan military spokesperson Chris Magezi said in a statement on X that the decision followed “credible intelligence reports,” but did not elaborate on the nature of those reports.
In a separate post, Uganda’s military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said the dispute was personal.
“It has to do with him as a person. He is wholly unqualified to be in Uganda. It has nothing to do with the great German people,” Kainerugaba said, referring to Ambassador Mathias Schauer.
The Ugandan foreign ministry has not responded to requests for comment.
Germany’s foreign ministry also said there was no formal military cooperation agreement between the two countries. Uganda’s military has troops in Somalia as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission partly funded by the European Union, which includes Germany.
Kainerugaba, son of President Yoweri Museveni and widely seen as his likely successor, has a history of provocative social media posts, including threats to Western diplomats in Kampala.
