# Moses Ali > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moses_Ali > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Moses_Ali.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Ali > Source revision: 1355246526 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Ugandan lawyer, politician and military officer (born 1939)}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Ali, Moses.jpg | caption = Ali in 2011 | honorific_prefix = [The Right Honorable](/source/The_Right_Honorable) | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1939|4|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [Adjumani District](/source/Adjumani_District), [Protectorate of Uganda](/source/Protectorate_of_Uganda) | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University)
{{small|([Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws))}}
[Law Development Centre](/source/Law_Development_Centre)
{{small|([Diploma in Legal Practice](/source/Legal_practice))}}{{cite web|title=Army Officials Finally Pass LDC Exams|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/973410/-/x38ryd/-/index.html|date=9 August 2010|first=Al-Mahdi| last=Ssenkabirwa| access-date=13 February 2015|newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) (Kampala)}} | occupation = [Military Officer](/source/military_officer), [Lawyer](/source/Lawyer) & [Politician](/source/Politician) | title = | office = Second Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda | term_start = 2021 | predecessor = [Kirunda Kivejinja](/source/Kirunda_Kivejinja) | office2 = First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda | predecessor2 = [Henry Kajura](/source/Henry_Kajura) | successor2 = [Rebecca Kadaga](/source/Rebecca_Kadaga) | parliament2 = Uganda | term_start2 = 2016 | term_end2 = 2021 | office3 = Third Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda | successor3 = [Abu Mayanja](/source/Abu_Mayanja) | parliament3 = Uganda | term_start3 = 1989 | term_end3 = 1991 }} '''Moses Ali''' (born 5 April 1939) is a Ugandan lawyer, politician and retired military officer.{{cite web|access-date=13 February 2015|first=Gawaya|newspaper=[Daily Monitor](/source/Daily_Monitor) |location=Kampala| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/Gen--Moses-Ali-s-promotion--How-did-he-earn-the-four-stars-/-/689364/1467126/-/qm3rmn/-/index.html| title=General Moses Ali's Promotion: How Did He Earn The Four Stars?| last=Tegulle|date=31 July 2012}} He is the current Second [Deputy Prime Minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Uganda) and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament.{{Cite web|title=Final cabinet list: Jessica Alupo new vice president|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/final-cabinet-list-jessica-alupo-new-vice-president-3430616|access-date=2021-06-09|website=Daily Monitor|language=en}} He previously served in the [Cabinet of Uganda](/source/Cabinet_of_Uganda) as [Third Deputy Prime Minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Uganda) and Deputy Leader of Government Business from May 2011 until June 2016.{{cite web| url=https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150208384704078&comments|title=Comprehensive List of New Cabinet Appointments & Dropped Ministers|date=27 May 2011|access-date=13 February 2015|website=[Facebook.com](/source/Facebook.com)}} He also served as the first First Deputy Prime Minister from June 2016 to May 2021. He has served as the elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) for East Moyo County in [Adjumani District](/source/Adjumani_District) since 2011.{{cite web|publisher=[Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) (POU)|access-date=13 February 2015|url=http://www.parliament.go.ug/mpdata/mps.hei?p=f&n=t&details=t&j=13&const=East+Moyo+County&dist_id=36&distname=Adjumani|title=Profile of Ali Moses, Member of Parliament for East Moyo County, Adjumani District|author=POU |location=Kampala}} ==Early life and education== Ali was born on 5 April 1939, in [Adjumani District](/source/Adjumani_District).{{cite web |last=Natukunda |first=Carol |date=24 April 2013 |title=Amin Played Moses Ali Against Yusuf Gowon |url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/642015-amin-played-moses-ali-against-yusuf-gowon.html |access-date=13 February 2015 |newspaper=[New Vision](/source/New_Vision) |location=Kampala}} He holds a [Bachelor of Laws](/source/Bachelor_of_Laws) ([LLB](/source/LLB)) degree from [Makerere University](/source/Makerere_University). He also holds the [Diploma in Legal Practice](/source/Law_practice), from the [Law Development Center](/source/Law_Development_Center) in [Kampala](/source/Kampala). Moses Ali also holds qualifications from military educational institutions in Uganda, [Israel](/source/Israel) and the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom). He is a Muslim.[https://semuwemba.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/nubians-of-east-africa.pdf The ‘nubians' of East Africa: Muslim club or African “tribe”? The view from within] ''Omari H. Kokole'' // Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, University of Michigan, 2007-03-20. Retrieved 2024-04-25. ==Career== Ali was involved in the [1971 Ugandan coup d'état](/source/1971_Ugandan_coup_d'%C3%A9tat) that overthrew President [Milton Obote](/source/Milton_Obote) and brought [Idi Amin](/source/Idi_Amin) to power. He consequently rose in the ranks during the [Second Republic of Uganda](/source/Second_Republic_of_Uganda), when Amin ruled the country. Moses Ali was appointed [Minister of Finance](/source/Ministry_of_Finance%2C_Planning_and_Economic_Development_(Uganda)). Journalists [Tony Avirgan and Martha Honey](/source/Tony_Avirgan_and_Martha_Honey) described him as one of Amin's "closest henchmen".{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=50}} As Minister of Finance, he used his position to organize an Islamic charity. This garnered him a lot of popular support, but also raised Amin's suspicions,{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=198}} as he feared Ali was attempting to construct a Muslim political base of support.{{sfn|Kasozi|1994|p=109}} Indeed, Moses Ali gained many followers within the [Uganda Army](/source/Uganda_Army_(1971%E2%80%931980)).{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=50}} In April 1978, the President organized a meeting in the capital Kampala, where he railed against ministers whom he deemed disloyal, too powerful or incompetent, including Moses Ali. Accusing the [Minister of Finance](/source/Ministry_of_Finance%2C_Planning_and_Economic_Development_(Uganda)) of mismanaging the [Bank of Uganda](/source/Bank_of_Uganda), gross corruption,{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=198}} mishandling [Muslim Supreme Council](/source/Uganda_Muslim_Supreme_Council) funds, and ignoring orders by the government,{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=50}} Amin became so angry during his speech that he threw a trashcan at Ali. Having realized that his situation was untenable, Ali got away as soon as possible. He quietly snuck out of Kampala in his private car and fled to his home in the [West Nile Region](/source/West_Nile_sub-region). When he got there, however, a group of hitmen attacked him, but he fended them off in a gunfight. Ali was convinced that his downfall and the attempted assassination had been organized by the Uganda Army commander [Yusuf Gowon](/source/Yusuf_Gowon), a long-time rival of his.{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=198}} Amin subsequently stripped him of all of his military honours.{{sfn|Kasozi|1994|p=122}} However, Amin was still wary of Ali's large following, and only formally fired him from his ministerial portfolio in August 1978.{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=50}} Around October, ten [SRB](/source/State_Research_Bureau_(organisation)) agents attempted to arrest Ali, but were killed.{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=56}} When Amin's regime collapsed during the [Uganda–Tanzania War](/source/Uganda%E2%80%93Tanzania_War) of 1978–1979, Ali fled into exile in southern Sudan, finding refuge in [Nimule](/source/Nimule).{{cite news| last = Wren| first = Christopher S.| title = Ugandan Refugees Finding A Haven in Southern Sudan| newspaper = The New York Times| page = 2| date = 13 June 1979| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/13/archives/ugandan-refugees-finding-a-haven-in-southern-sudan-amin-officials-a.html| access-date = 21 December 2019}} In the 1980s, he led the [Uganda National Rescue Front](/source/Uganda_National_Rescue_Front) in an armed rebellion against the government of reinstated President Milton Obote, and became a [warlord](/source/warlord) ruling a fief in southern Sudan.{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=264}} Among the insurgents of the early [Ugandan Bush War](/source/Ugandan_Bush_War), he waged the "most effective guerrilla campaign".{{sfn|Avirgan|Honey|1983|p=231}} Using his influence and military powers to his advantage, Ali eventually negotiated a favorable deal with [Yoweri Museveni](/source/Yoweri_Museveni) who took power as President at the Bush War's end in 1986. His forces were integrated into Uganda's new national army, the [National Resistance Army](/source/National_Resistance_Army) which later became the [Uganda People's Defence Force](/source/Uganda_People's_Defence_Force), and he was appointed a [Major General](/source/Major_General).{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=264}} As a result of his powerful position in Uganda's new government and military, Ali became highly influential and quite wealthy.{{sfn|Rice|2009|p=264}} Ali even rose to [First Deputy Prime Minister](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Uganda) in Museveni's government. He has served in the Ugandan Parliament from 2001. He was further promoted to [Lieutenant General](/source/Lieutenant_General) on 13 March 2003,{{cite web|date=23 May 2004|last=Mukiibi|newspaper=[New Vision](/source/New_Vision) (Kampala)|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/361973|access-date=13 February 2015|title=Museveni Creates New UPDF Generals|first=Hellen|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040528081241/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/361973|archive-date=28 May 2004|url-status=dead}} but lost both his parliamentary seat and his ministerial appointment in 2006. In 2011, at age 72, he regained his position in parliament and was assigned new cabinet responsibilities. In the next year, Ali was once again promoted to the rank of [general](/source/general) in the Uganda People's Defence Force.{{cite web|url=http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=19906:moses-ali-joins-exclusive-updf-generals-club&catid=34:news&Itemid=114|title=Moses Ali Joins Exclusive UPDF Generals' Club|access-date=13 February 2015|date=18 July 2012| first=Emma| last=Mutaizibwa|newspaper=[The Observer (Uganda)](/source/The_Observer_(Uganda))}} In 2016, following his re-election to parliament, he was again appointed First Deputy Prime Minister and Deputy Leader of Government Business in Parliament.{{cite web|date=6 June 2016|access-date=13 June 2016 | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/314964607/New-Cabinet |title=Uganda's New Cabinet As At 6 June 2016 |publisher=Scribd.com |author=Uganda State House}} After the [2021 Ugandan general election](/source/2021_Ugandan_general_election), Museveni reorganized his cabinet, with Ali being appointed as Second Deputy Prime Minister and the parliament's Deputy Leader of Government Business. In the [2026 Ugandan general election](/source/2026_Ugandan_general_election) he was elected in the Adjumani West constituency{{Cite web |date=2026-01-17 |title=Moses Ali re-elected as Adjumani West MP |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/moses-ali-re-elected-as-adjumani-west-mp-5329332 |access-date=2026-01-24 |website=Monitor |language=en}} and sworn in on 13 May 2026.{{Cite web |last=URN |date=2026-05-13 |title=Gen Moses Ali discreetly sworn in as Adjumani West MP |url=https://observer.ug/news/gen-moses-ali-discreetly-sworn-in-as-adjumani-west-mp/ |access-date=2026-05-15 |website=The Observer |language=en-US}} ==See also== * [Parliament of Uganda](/source/Parliament_of_Uganda) ==References== {{reflist}} === Works cited === * {{cite book| last1 = Avirgan| first1 = Tony|author-link=Tony Avirgan | last2 = Honey| first2 = Martha|author2-link=Martha Honey| title = War in Uganda: The Legacy of Idi Amin| location= Dar es Salaam|publisher = Tanzania Publishing House| date = 1983| isbn = 978-9976-1-0056-3}} * {{cite book| last = Kasozi| first = A.B.K.| editor1 = Nakanyike Musisi| editor2 = James Mukooza Sejjengo|title = Social Origins of Violence in Uganda, 1964–1985| publisher = McGill-Queen's University Press| date = 1994| location = Montreal; Quebec| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YSa7Wxuw50YC| isbn = 978-0-7735-1218-4}} * {{cite book |last = Rice |first = Andrew |title= The Teeth May Smile But the Heart Does Not Forget: Murder and Memory in Uganda |date= 2009 |publisher= Henry Holt and Company |location= New York City |isbn= 978-0-8050-7965-4 }} ==External links== * [http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/publisher,IRBC,,UGA,3df4beb910,0.html Profile At Unhcr.org] *[http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1170806/-/c0y8sbz/-/index.html Full Cabinet List, May 2011] {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Moses}} Category:1939 births Category:Living people Category:Ministers of finance of Uganda Category:Ugandan rebels Category:20th-century Ugandan lawyers Category:Ugandan Muslims Category:Madi people Category:Deputy prime ministers of Uganda Category:People from Adjumani District Category:Law Development Centre alumni Category:Makerere University alumni Category:Members of the 9th Parliament of Uganda Category:Ugandan generals Category:People from West Nile sub-region Category:People of the Ugandan Bush War Category:Members of the 10th Parliament of Uganda Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Uganda Category:African warlords Category:Members of the 12th Parliament of Uganda --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Moses Ali](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Ali) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_Ali?action=history)). 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