The First Deputy Prime Minister, Moses Ali, was last week flown to Turkey to seek better medical treatment.
According to a top government official, Gen. Ali has been ill for quite a long time and had failed to recover from Uganda, despite receiving treatment from medical experts.
“He left the country early last week to Istanbul where he expects a more comprehensive examination and, afterwards, a longer relief from bad health,” said the official.
Officials from Gen. Ali’s office couldn’t neither confirm nor deny when reached for a comment.
They said they were not authorized to speak about the ‘General’s’ health.
“You can speak to him direct. He is a General,” said a staff.
However, Ali couldn’t be reached on his known phone number.
Another high-ranking government administrator who also asked not to be named said Gen. Ali has been frail for sometime, “But I didn’t know he is away.”
But a close family friend told this website that the long serving Minister is “struggling” as he remains bedridden in Turkey.
Ali, a former finance minister during Idi Amin’s government, is 82-years-old and has always responded to concerns about his advanced age, saying he is still of the strength and wisdom to serve the country.
To prove that age is a just a number, Ali recently married a young woman who hails from Ankole.
Gen. Ali represents Adjumani West Constituency of Moyo District, and his absence has aroused panic among his relatives and supporters.
Source however, say that Ali is battling a number of health complications that come with advanced age.
