Political Analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has weighed in on the remarks made by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni's son Muhoozi Kainerugaba on capturing Nairobi.
He said the statement was triggered by the coups affecting different countries in the continent.
"How to read Politics 101. When Uganda provokes Nairobi for no good earthly reason, there is a coup in Burkina Faso, a counter-coup loading in Mali, Guinea Bissau, Chad and Sudan," he tweeted on Monday.
The former technical assistant to former President Uhuru Kenyatta likened the ousting to the pandemic, wondering if Uganda was safe from one.
"Coups are like Covid, they spread. In Kenya Ruto is safe. But is Uganda safe?"
In a series of tweets on Monday, Kainerugaba claimed he and the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) could take control of Nairobi in less than two weeks.
"It wouldn't take us, my army and me, 2 weeks to capture Nairobi," he tweeted.
In another tweet, he mocked Kenya's constitutional provision of presidential term limits insinuating that that does not work for Uganda.
"Haha! I love my Kenyan relatives. Constitution? Rule of law? You must be joking! For us, there is only the Revolution and you will soon learn about it!"
Burkina Faso's coup began on Friday when army captain Ibrahim Traoré, overthrew Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
He accused Damiba of failing to effectively counter rising violence by Islamic extremists in the country.
The country has been faced with violence from groups allied to Al-Qaida, alongside some neighbouring countries.
Also commenting on the matter, lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi who said the remark was a statement of war.
"Under Customary International Law...this declaration by Uganda's Top Army General and the son of H.E Museveni is a declaration of war on Kenya," he tweeted.