By Shabibah Nakirigya & AL-MAHDI SSENKABIRWA
The embattled Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, has declined to relinquish power even after the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) General Assembly suspended him and chose Sheik Abduallah Ssemambo as acting mufti.
At least 146 of the 264-member General Assembly, which is the top decision-making organ of the UMSC, convened at Ggangu Muslim Primary School in Makindye Division, Kampala, at the weekend and unanimously agreed to suspend.
Sheikh Mubajje for six months, accusing him of running down the council. Under the old UMSC constitution, a mufti can be kicked out by at least one third of the UMSC members. But the new constitution says at least two thirds have that power.
The motion to suspend Mubajje was tabled by Mr Mudasiru Doka, the WestNile representative. Read more
