Former National Resistance Movement Deputy Treasurer Singh Katongole has been rushed out of the country with a severe heart ailment Chimpreports has learnt.
Katongole who failed on two attempts to represent Rubaga North Constituency in Parliament developed a heart attack over the weekend.
According to reports, he was yesterday rushed to India for treatment. Details on the development were still scanty by publication time as the NRM spokesperson Ofwono Opondo was unavailable for comments.
Singh Katongole’s close friend and State Minister for Housing Sam Engola when reached, he said he was unaware of the development as he had just arrived in the country from Mumbai. Incidentally, Katongole was flown to the same Indian city for treatment.
However, Katongole’s brother who asked not to be named confirmed that the former NRM treasurer was indeed unwell.
“I cannot tell you much other than the fact that he is sick, and he is being treated. I am not his spokesperson,” he said. When pushed to say something about Katongole’s condition he hung up the phone.