Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has apologised after his son, a senior army officer, threatened to invade Kenya on Twitter.
The series of tweets saw Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba accused of jeopardising relations between the two neighbouring African countries.
Museveni sacked his son as commander of the army's land forces in the wake of the controversy, but also promoted him to four-star general.
What did Muhoozi Kainerugaba say?
The president's 48-year old son posted on Twitter on Monday night, claiming he and Uganda's army could "take" Kenya's capital in less than two weeks.
In a series of six tweets, he seemingly joked about invading Kenya and making the two countries into one nation.
Twitter users were quick to respond, some taking the posts as jokes and poking fun at the Ugandan army, and others critical and concerned about how the tweets could affect diplomatic relations.
How did the president react?
Far from issuing a swift rebuke, in the coming days Yoweri Museveni promoted his son to full general, while keeping him on in a special advisor role.
The president issued a statement defending the promotion, writing this was just one mistake and there were "many other positive contributions the general has made and can still make".
"This is a time tested formula — discourage the negative and encourage the positive," he wrote.
But the president did strip Kainerugaba of his job as head of the army's land forces, and also asked Kenyans for forgiveness.
"It is not correct for public officers, be they civilian or military, to comment or interfere in any way, in the internal affairs of brother countries," he wrote.
"Very sorry."
The statement didn't exactly go over well with some Twitter users, who flocked to the comments section to criticise the ruling family's lack of accountability.
A Kenyan government spokesman said he had not read Uganda's statement and would respond later.
Without making direct reference to Kainerugaba, Uganda's ministry of foreign affairs pledged its "peaceful co-existence" with neighbouring Kenya.
Kainerugaba reacted by retweeting a string of messages congratulating him for becoming the country's "youngest" four-star general.
"We are going to have a celebration down Kampala Road for this rank. I thank my father for this great honor!" he tweeted.
Who is Muhoozi Kainerugaba?
His father says that this is just one mistake, but the 48-year-old son of Uganda's president is no stranger to controversy.
Long viewed as a successor to his 78-year-old father, who has been in power for nearly four decades, he has also been involved in a months-long feud with opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine.
His Twitter outbursts have earned him the nickname "The Tweeting General".
On Monday he also asked his more than 600,000 Twitter followers how many cows should be offered as a bride price for Giorgia Meloni, the right-wing politician expected to be named Italy's prime minister this month.
"I would give her 100 Nkore cows immediately! For being fearless and true!!" he wrote.
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