During his early life he had an operation on his genitals which generated rumours that he had only one testicle or half a penis; such rumours were used by opponents to ridicule him and by supporters to bolster the claim that he was willing to make severe sacrifices for the revolutionary cause
Ali wamng'ono anachitidwa opareshoni pa maliseche ake zomwe zinapangitsa mphekesera kuti anali ndi testicle imodzi yokha kapena theka la mbolo; mphekesera zotere zidagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi otsutsa kuti amunyoze komanso omutsatira kulimbikitsa zonena kuti anali wokonzeka kudzipereka kwambiri pazachiwembuzo