Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga was dared by his son Raila Odinga Junior to take on the Museveni Challenge.
Internet was set ablaze on Thursday, April 9 when Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni posted a video of himself working out in his office.
Raila's son, Odinga junior took to Twitter to dare his dad to take on the challenge, "Come on Raila Odinga you’ve been given a challenge, all African leaders need to do #MuseveniChallenge."
Raila has been known to dance during political rallies but has rarely shown his fitness side in public.
Museveni had warned fitness enthusiasts to stop exercising in public and instead do so at home during this sensitive lockdown period.
On Monday, March 30 Museveni announced a ban on all people-to-people movements for 14 days as Uganda enhanced stricter guidelines to stem the spread of Covid-19.
The president promised to record himself doing exercises indoors and show to the nation as a demonstration of his directive.
Museveni posted a tweet that promised a video of him working out, "I saw a video of so many people on the Northern bypass walking and running around that, they are exercising.
"This should stop. If you want to exercise, you can do that indoors. I will show you how it is done tomorrow [Thursday]. I will do a video for you."
On Thursday, Museveni delivered on his promise as he shared a video of him working out in his office.
In the video he starts by saying people can utilize their space at home to work out, "It's good to go outdoors there is no problem but when there is need you can go indoors.
"This is just an office because I don't have time I usually do my exercises here or even in my room. You start by warming up."
He starts by running a number of laps in his office and said people can do as many as they want.
Museveni then goes ahead to do 30 press-ups before saying, "So you should stop the stupid excuse that you need to run in the compound."
