Muhoozi says men who kneel to propose should be arrested
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, has suggested that men who kneel while proposing for marriage should face arrest.
In a statement on Saturday, February 14, 2026, Muhoozi criticised the tradition of kneeling to ask for a woman’s hand in marriage, dismissing it as unnecessary and foreign.
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“And this Kizungu nonsense of kneeling down to a woman to ask her to marry you… that’s rubbish. We shall start arresting men who do that!” he wrote.
“If you are a Ugandan and kneel down for a woman for anything, you are going to jail. You can survive if you say you are Congolese or Nigerian or something,” he added.
This comes a few months after Muhoozi left tongues wagging after declaring his admiration for global superstar Beyoncé while jokingly challenging her husband, Jay-Z.
In a statement on Tuesday, March 25, 2025, the Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) boldly declared that Jay-Z could do whatever he wanted to him, but he was taking Beyoncé.
“Jay-Z can do whatever he wants to me, but I’m taking Beyoncé!” he said.
He did not stop there, further stirring controversy by challenging Jay-Z to a duel at dawn, with the stipulation that if he won, he would take Beyoncé.
“I challenge Jay-Z to a duel at dawn. If I win, I take Beyoncé,” Muhoozi said.
Muhoozi also expressed his frustration, saying that Jay-Z had disturbed him enough.
“This guy has disturbed me enough!” he added.
This was not the first time he publicly declared his love for Beyoncé; on Saturday, December 28, 2024, he said that he was ready to pay a dowry in order to settle with the American singer.
“But how long will I wait for Beyoncé? Does she know how many cows I have?” Kainerugaba stated.
