The leadership of the Kibuli Muslim sect has distanced itself from the purported reconciliation of the Muslim factions from Old Kampala, Kibuli and Nakasero.
According to the Director of Communication, Research and International Relations in the Office of the Supreme Mufti in Kibuli, Muhammad Musoke Kiggundu, the Mufti was not invited nor involved in the said unity talks.
“We wish to inform the general public, Supreme Khadis and all our Muslim leadership structures countrywide that the Office of the Supreme Mufti was neither invited, nor involved in the purported unity talks,” said Kiggundu in a statement.
On Tuesday, a delegation led by the Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, met President Yoweri Museveni at State House Entebbe. The group is said to have briefed him about the reconciliation agreement between the Kibuli, Nakasero, and Old Kampala Muslim factions.
It was reported that the three groups signed a reconciliation agreement in which they made an undertaking to unite as one body.
However, the Kibuli Muslim faction dismissed the allegations yesterday.
“We, therefore, in the strongest terms possible, refute the impression created that Sheikh Silimani Kasule Ndiragwa, Sheikh Mahmoud Ssebuggwawo Kibaate, Sheikh Abdul Obeid Kamulegeya, and Sheikh Hamid Kateregga have the mandate to speak for the office of the Supreme Mufti and they are not part of the Administration of the Office of the Supreme Mufti,” read the statement in part.
Kiggundu said that the Kibuli faction is open to honest, genuine and sincere engagements leading to Muslim unity and quality service delivery to the Muslim community.
Nonetheless, he thanked Museveni for his efforts to unite them.
“We would like to express our sincere gratitude to H.E the President of Uganda, Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni for his untiring efforts and unwavering commitment towards the peaceful resolution of Muslim leadership affairs,” he said.