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
Posted Tuesday, July 30 2013 at 10:51
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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