Kampala: Somali militant group al Shabaab has threatened to attack Kampala again if Uganda sends more peacekeepers to Mogadishu – following bomb blasts which killed some 80 people in July.

A senior member of the terrorist outfit, according to Shabelle News told hundreds of worshipers in a mosque in Mogadishu that President Museveni was the cause of instability in Somalia.

Sheikh Fua’d Mohammed Khalaf also asked Ugandan peacekeepers in Mogadishu to leave or face intensified attacks. “Why Somalia is not getting peace and stability is because of President Museveni. We warn the Ugandan government against deploying any troops to Somalia.”

Khalif added, “If Uganda continues, they will meet the same accident that happened on July 11, 2010 in Kampala city.”

Uganda media report that the authorities have beefed up security ahead of the Muslim holiday Idi El Fitri on Friday.

Uganda recently sent the additional troops to reinforce the thin presence of the African Union peacekeepers in Mogadishu. Uganda and Burundi make a bulk of 7,000 African peacekeepers.