Tuesday 30 July 2013

Former Vice President Adrisi lies in state in Parliament

Former Vice President Adrisi lies in state in Parliament 
The coffin carrying the body of General Mustafa Adrisi in Parliament. The body of former Vice President was on Tuesday morning received at Parliament to lie in state for public viewing. General Adrisi died on Sunday, July 28. Photo by Olive Nakattude (Uganda Radio Network).  
By Agencies

Posted  Tuesday, July 30  2013 at  10:51
 
The body of former Vice President General Adrisi Mustafa was on Tuesday morning received at Parliament to lie in state for public viewing.
General Adrisi died on Sunday morning at Mulago National Referral Hospital where he was being treated for hypertension, diabetes and a fracture in his right leg. He is believed to have died at 87.
General Adrisi’s body arrived at 8 am and was received in the Parliamentary lobby at 8:30 am by Deputy Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah and Deputy Prime Minister Moses Ali.
The two were flanked by Kasese woman MP Winnie Kizza, Junior Public Service Minister Seezi Mbagutta and Junior Internal Affairs Minister James Baba.
Contrary to Muslim religion dictates – General Adrisi was Muslim – his body was carried into the Parliamentary lobby in a coffin, not a Jeneza in which Muslims are carried before burial.
General Adrisi served as Vice President from 1977-1978 during former President Idi Amin Dada’s regime. Once believed to be one of Amin's closest advisors, he later fell out with the President. It is alleged that, as a result of this, Amin tried to have his former Vice President killed in a faked motor car accident.
A special sitting is scheduled at Parliament later this morning for legislators to pay tribute to the fallen General.
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