A fiery tweeter who is in charge of Uganda's military, Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba is decried by his critics as being in the middle of an unholy trinity, or alliance, of three men who rule the East African nation with an iron fist.
Kainerugaba, the son of the country's long-time leader Yoweri Museveni, has posted on social platform X about the killing of opposition supporters during this month's fiercely contested presidential election.
In posts which were subsequently deleted, he also threatened to have the testicles of defeated opposition candidate Bobi Wine removed.
With the 81-year-old president winning a seventh term, analysts say this is likely to be his last term, and he is grooming his 51-year-old son to succeed him.
The so-called unholy alliance - a play on the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity - is made up of Museveni, Kainerugaba, and the president's powerful brother and special adviser, Salim Saleh.
Kenya-based analyst for the Institute for Security Studies think-tank, Nicodemus Minde, tells the BBC that he heard the description during a recent research trip to Uganda.
The Father being Museveni, then the Son being Muhoozi, then the Unholy Spirit could be the uncle, Salim Saleh, he says.
Opposition supporters accuse the family of believing they have a God-given right to rule Uganda, with Museveni extending his 40-year-rule after he was declared the winner of the election with more than 70% of the vote.
After getting just 24% of the vote, Wine dismissed the results as fake, claiming widespread ballot-stuffing was behind Museveni's victory. This incurred the wrath of Kainerugaba, who threatened the opposition leader, giving him exactly 48 hours to surrender himself to the police. If he doesn't we will treat him as an outlaw/rebel and handle him accordingly, he wrote.
Those tweets - and the one in which he threatened to remove Wine's testicles - have since been deleted.
Wine, who had gone into hiding after a raid on his house following the election, later called out the general on X and included a screengrab of some of the deleted tweets - to which Kainerugaba responded with the comment: Boo hoo hoo Mr. 24%.
The military chief later accused the US of helping Wine escape and said that all military cooperation between the two countries would be suspended. However, on Friday, he apologized, saying he had been given wrong information.
Kainerugaba has a long history of controversial posts, some of which have been later deleted, and is also known as the tweeting general. He has also invoked religion to advance his political aspirations, claiming his bloodline is from Jesus Christ.
Critics argue that Kainerugaba's statements do little to win him public favor and raise concerns about Uganda's political landscape's stability in the wake of widespread human rights violations and abuses during recent elections.
