• D.Ks and R.As
• By: UMSC Admin

Regional Assistants to the Mufti have completed a day orientation program organized by the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council-UMSC National Management Committee led by His Eminence Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, the Mufti of Uganda. The orientation program was designed to sensitize the Regional Assistants on their supervisory roles as they execute their duties in line with the amended UMSC Constitution.

In his opening remarks during the meeting held in the UMSC conference hall on Wednesday, Sheikh Mubaje thanked the Regional Assistants for the effective representation of his office in their respective areas, saying the majority keep updating him on their activities through field reports.”We need now to bridge the gaps that exist in areas of coordination especially between the Regional Assistants-RA and the National Management Committee,” Sheikh Mubaje remarked. He cautioned-departmental heads at the UMSC Headquarters not to carryout any field work in Muslim Districts without informing the Regional Assistants.

Each of the Regional Assistants presented a quarterly report outlining achievements and challenges in their areas. They also reported on Muslim Lands and properties under threat from grabbers. In response to the land issue, Chairperson of the UMSC Property and Endowment Trust, Mr. Magaino Baker took the Regional Assistants through possible ways they can utilize the land before referring the matters to the Trust for a final decision as provided for in the UMSC Constitution.
The meeting earmarked dates for laying foundation stones for the construction of Muslim Regional Headquarters across the Country and put in place committees to organize Regional Quran recitation and sports competitions and other Islamic social events for the youth and women.Others in attendance were their eminences Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim Ssemambo Tamusuza and Sheikh Muhammad Ali Waiswa, the Deputy Mufti and 2nd Deputy respectively, Hon. Prof. Dr. Muhammadi Lubega, the UMSC National Chairperson, Hon. Muhammad Ali Aluma, the UMSC Secretary General, department Heads and Hon. Sophia Kenyangi, National Chairperson for Muslim Women Council among others