According to the BBC, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son and military chief, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, demanded to take over the post of vice president in a subsequently deleted X post on November 9, and threatened to dismiss Vice President Jessica Alupo. At the time of the report, Alupo was still in office and had not yet publicly responded. The BBC also reported that multiple senior military officers have been detained over the past year or more. Some scholars have linked these detentions to succession struggles, while the military stated they were cracking down on corruption and crime; the ruling party denied reports that the top leadership has vetoed support for Kainerugaba's succession. The aforementioned threat does not mean the vice president has been removed from office, and differing accounts regarding the political motivations still persist.