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Freed Kenyans rearrested andcharged in Uganda

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Ummah Foundation secretary general and chairman of 3Z Foundation Zool Nimji of -ciating the ground breaking ceremony of a classroom block of Al Noor Academy at itsnew site at Nakwamekwi in Lodwar, Turkana county yesterday. With him are trusteesof Al Momin Foundation Ayub Khalid, Lodwar businessman Haji Mude and MuhammadShaf executive member of Al Momin Foundation. The new site will have a primary andsecondary school as well as a dispensary to serve the local residents. INSET: Zool Nimjidistributing sweets to pupils of Al Noor Islamic centre.

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More than 14 people have lost their livesdue to cholera outbreak in Mandera county.

The disease rst reported in April this yearhas reached alarming levels in the last twoweeks causing the death of 14 while 91others remain hospitalized at the Manderacounty referral hospital.

According to the county health ofcials thedisease has so far affected more than 800residents in Mandera East constituency ma-

jority of whom are been treated at makeshiftcamps within the hospital.

The county government was last weekforced to reach out to national government

to assist in containing the disease aftermedics in the area were overwhelmed bythe infectious outbreaks.

Mandera governor Ali Roba said his admin-istration has been single handedly manag-ing the outbreak but the situation was com-pounded by the outbreak of another viral

Mandera county hit by cholera, Chikungunya

After an announcement by the for-eign affairs cabinet secretary Am-ina Muhammad that Kenyan and

Ugandan governments were in talkson the fate of the three Kenyans whowere found innocent during the trials of

the 2010 bomb attacks in Uganda, in anew twist authorities in the neighbour-ing country on Wednesday announcedthat they had led fresh charges againstthe trio.

A statement released by Fred Enanga,the press and public relations ofcer ofthe Uganda police said Omar AwadhOmar, Muhammad Suleiman and YahyaSuleiman Mbuthia were charged withterrorism and related conspiracies atthe Chief magistrate court in the easterntown of Jinja.

The three were set free by high court

judge Alphonse Owiny-Dollo last weekas the trial of the bombing suspectscame to an end. Two Ugandans Dr.Ismail Kalule and Abubakar Batemy-eto were also released after the judgefound no evidence to implicate them inthe bombing.

Four Kenyans Idris Magondu, HabibSuleiman Njoroge, Hussein Hassan

Agade and Muhammad Ali were sen-tenced to serve the rest of their lives in

jail after the judge found them guilty.

The cabinet secretary had earlier indi-cated that the two government were indiscussions on the fate of the three peo-

ple who had been expected back in thecountry after the judge ordered them tobe released.

“Yes, we are in discussions with theUgandan authorities over the four Ken-yans. However, it is too early to sayanything about the situation,” she saidwithout divulging more details.

In the fresh allegations, the policeclaimed that the ve who were pickedfrom a prison bus while on their way toclear from the Luzira Maximum Prisonhad created documents and materialsconnected with preparations to facilitate

terrorist attacks in the country.“A reinvestigation began immediatelyafter the hand written documents andrelated material asking members toconduct hostile reconnaissance aroundsecurity facilities and other vital instal-

disease, Chikungunya which is spread bymosquitos. “The county health workers havebeen overwhelmed by the outbreaks and ithas become a challenge for them to managethe crisis,” said the governor.

He urged residents to cooperate with healthworkers to avoid further spreading the dis-ease within and outside the county addingthe whole town will be sprayed with the helpof the national health ministry.

A team of doctors from the Kenya Asso-ciation of Muslim Medical Practitioners(KAMMP) is already in the county to helpcombat the spread of the deadly diseases."We are responding to a distress call fromour colleagues in Mandera, who have alsoinformed us that 50 per cent of them havebeen infected by both diseases because oftheir interaction with the patients," said theassociation chairman Dr.Mahmud Moham-

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EDITORIAL

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After the acquittal of the deputy Presi-dent William Ruto, President Uhuru Ken-yatta was categorical that no Kenyan willever be tried outside the country as heafrmed that they were sufcient lawsin the country to guarantee a free andfair trial for citizens facing trial in foreigncountries.

To demonstrate that the governmentwas true to its word, the Attorney Gen -eral Githu Muigai asked the InternationalCriminal Court (ICC) which had issuedarrest warrant for two Kenyans said tohave compromised witnesses during thetrial of the deputy president to hand overthe les to the Kenyan government to fa-cilitate their possible trial in the country.

As the President made the pronounce-ment during a prayer rally in Nakurucalled to celebrate the acquittal of Ruto,seven Kenyans were languishing in jail inthe neighbouring Uganda facing a judici-ary process which has been criticized as

nothing short of fairness.

The Kenyans had earlier been kidnappedfrom the country by Kenyan securityagencies in an open travesty of the ju-dicial system and shuttled off to Ugandain a rendition programme which sparkedoff protests from the judiciary, parliament,human rights organisations and the Mus-

lim community.

Their detention was characterized byclaims of torture and violations of theirrights and when the trial came years later,its credibility was under question.

Last week, the high court made its rulingnding three Kenyans and two Ugandansinnocent of the terrorism crimes, murder

and attempted murder and ordered theirrelease. Presiding judge Alphonse OwinyDollo also convicted eight individuals whoincluded four Kenyans, three Ugandansand a Tanzanian after he found them guiltyof playing a role in the 2010 twin bombingattacks.

In a move which brought further questionson the impartiality of the judiciary systemin the neighbouring country, the freed per -sons were rearrested for what the Ugan-dan authorities initially said was for theirsafety and also to facilitate their deporta-tions back to Kenya.

The foreign affairs cabinet secretary Ami-na Muhammad came out to clarify withoutgiving details that there are ongoing talksbetween the two governments on the fateof the released Kenyans giving hope that

justice will be observed.

Six days later, Uganda police issues state-ment stating that the ve people declared

Justice for renditioned Kenyans

Freed Kenyans rearrested and charged in Uganda

innocent by the high court were chargedwith fresh allegations of terrorism and relat-ed conspiracies in a lower court. Strangelythe new charges are for crimes allegedlycommitted during their time at the heavilyguarded Luzira maximum prison.

The unfolding events just shows that thereis clear trajectory of injustice being perpe-

trated against the Kenyans and what is dis-turbing is that there is no clear responsefrom the government to demonstrate thatit is ready to stand up to the rights of itscitizens.

The government spent hundreds of mil-lions of shillings on the cases of the dep-uty president and erstwhile the presidentwho were facing charges much worse thatthose alleged committed by the renditionedKenyans and has committed itself to spendresources to protect Kenyan citizens whohave been issued with arrest warrants byICC but sadly, a double standard approachis what is being seen in the case of its citi-zens in Uganda.

As the head of state afrmed that the gov-ernment will not relent in the face of injus-tices being perpetrated against its citizensin a foreign land, we remind President Uh-uru to honour his pledge and ensure thatthe renditioned Kenyans are not treatedunjustly.

lation in preparation for violence wereseized,” said the statement which did notprovide further details on their appear-

ance in court. After their detention, the Kenya chapterof the International Commission of Juristscriticized their re-arrest

The executive director of InternationalCommission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya chap-ter Sam Muhochi condemned the re-arrestterming it “illegal, unlawful and unconstitu-tional.”

In a press release issued last Friday,Muhochi said the detention was a viola-tion of the court orders issues by highcourt Judge who had set them free. “Itadds to the long list of violations occa-

sioned against the ve since their rst ar -rest while intensifying not only their pansand suffering but also the untold grief andapprehension of their families,” he said.

“The lack of good faith by Uganda au-thorities raised suspicions of their motivesespecially in a region struggling to ghtterrorism and where counter terrorismmeasures continue to violate the rights ofcitizens,” he added.

He asked the Ugandan government, touphold the rights of all persons, under theUgandan constitution, and respects its ob-ligations under international law and im-

mediately release the detained persons.His sentiments were echoed by the exec-utive director of the Kenya Human RightsCommission (KHRC) George Kegoro whosaid the Kenyan and Uganda governmentmust respect the law and release the ac-quitted individuals. “If the governments of

Kenya and Uganda made the rare choice ofdealing with this case according to the ruleof law, they must stick to that method andrelease the acquitted persons,” he said.

Kegoro said the outcome of the trial sendsthe message that due process rather thanhigh-handed tactics such as extrajudicialkillings can be effective ways of dealingwith terrorism cases. “Governments do nothave to resort to the high-handed tactics,

including extrajudicial killings, which oftencharacterise their approaches to counteringterrorism,” he said.

“The point of principle is that all personswho are suspected of crimes, includingthose that may have committed crimes,must have their day in court. This is theprinciple that the Kenyan civil societysought to uphold,” he said.

First Community Bank has named a new managingdirector to propel the bank to greater heights in bank-ing.

Fazal Mehboob Said, a career banker with more than25 years’ experience in the banking industry will be

responsible to maximize the bank’s growth as well asto develop innovative strategies to drive the Shariahcompliant bank to achieve its business goals.

He brings along with professional experience in retail,corporate and Investment banking from South Africaand Nigeria and other countries. Fazal has previous-ly worked with Standard Bank and Absa Bank bothfrom South Africa and served as an Islamic bankingspecialist with the International Financial Coopera-tion, a World Bank subsidiary which seconded him toKenya as a consultant for Gulf African Bank.

“We want to take the bank to the Tier II category inthe medium term and also make it a more meaning-ful player to contribute to the prosperity and social

development of the country,” he said about his ex-pectations.

Fazal stressed that Islamic banking was in the main-stream and its ethical principles and asset basedsystem are important benchmarks for their strength.He explained that in comparison to conventionalbanking, Islamic banks were largely immune to the

nancial crisis which affected theglobal banking industry in 2008due to their ethical business prac-tices. “While we are also regulat-ed by the Central Bank of Kenya,

in terms of Sharia (Islamic law)we have to be more transparentin governance procedures andmanagement principles as Islamicbanking is about maintaining ethi-cal practices,” he told The FridayBulletin.

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DA'WAH Sha'ban 27,1437/June 03, 2016

The following tips can be helpful in attain-ing our goals during the blessed month ofRamadhan goal.

1. Intention and Determination – Intentioncreates the desire, the consciousness andthe determination; which in turn producesthe required efforts for a task or goal. Atthe start of this Ramadhan, make the in-tention of attaining the piety (Taqwa) whichis the goal of the month of fasting. Havethe intention of reaching this level of pi-ety through your fasting, worship (Ibadat)and all the planned special activities dur-ing this month. To achieve, this goal, i t maybe benecial to dedicate some private timebefore the rst day or on the rst day ofRamadhan and make Hamd and Istighfarto Allah. Send salutations on the Prophetsalallahu alayhi wa sallam and ask Allah toassist you in this endeavor. Making Duaawith focus and concentration can help youattain the proper mindset.

2. Relationship with Quran – Make specialarrangements during this month for recita-tion, listening, understanding and ponder-ing on the verses of Quran. Spend as muchtime as possible in the company of Quran.

Attending Taraweeh regularly is a great op-portunity to complete listening to the Quranat least once during Ramadhan. If youdon’t understand the Arabic language, youshould make every effort to understand aset portion with translation and tafseer.

If following the translation for an entireJuz is not possible, dedicate time to fol-low some portion of a Juz. Alternatively,

you can plan to complete the reading withtranslation within one year and before thenext Ramadhan. In our day and age, theInternet has opened an unlimited numberof opportunities for learning and under-standing of Quran from the comfort of ourhomes.

3. Stay Away from Sin – Make a specialeffort to stay away from any and all typesof sins. In this month, believers are givenspecial protection from the devil (Shay-tan), which we should take advantage ofby promoting and increasing our closenessto Allah. The farther we are from sin, the

closer we get to Allah. The Prophet salalla-hu alayhi wa sallam reminded us in his fa-mous Hadith that “Fasting acts as a shieldfrom sins, The fasting person should notcurse anyone, yell and badmouth anyone.If someone curses him or ghts with him,he should move away by saying, “I am fast-ing. I can’t be part of bad deeds” (Bukhariand Muslim), so use it as a shield. We cangradually and consciously correct our badhabits – for example, we can decide to con-sciously lower our voice and avoid yelling,screaming or ghting during this Ramad-han. Also we should avoid mentioning neg-ative things about people in their absence.

Make a special effort to guard your tongueduring this month. Make a habit every nightto assess your day before going to sleep.Make immediate Istighfar and repent if youhave committed a sin during your day.

4.Seek Good Deeds – A believer should al-

ways be seeking opportunities to performand engage in good deeds. During themonth of Ramadhan the reward for everygood deed is multiplied manifold times.We should seek all such opportunities inworship (Ibaadat) and relationships (Mua-malat). When a believer goes beyond theobligatory acts (Faraidh) and hastens to

perform the optional (Nawal) it shows hiseagerness to please Allah. These are thebeliever about whom Allah relates in theHadith Qudsi related by Abu Hurayrah (ra-dhiallahu anhu) that such people becomeso dear to Allah that Allah becomes theeyes through which they see; He becomesthe ears through which they hear; He be-comes the feet through which they walk,and the tongue through which they speak.In this Ramadhan decide on any three ormore good deeds that you will consistentlyperform to attain this special nearness to

Allah.

5. Qiyam al-layl – To stand the night inprayer and recite from the Book of Allahis one of the most effective methods of at-taining the consciousness of Allah (Taqwa).

Allah praises these believers in Surat Al-Dhariyat [51:18] “And in the hours beforedawn they would ask forgiveness” [51:18]

Taraweeh is considered to be part of Qiy-am al-layl. Believers are also encouragedto wake up and pray during the secondpart or the third part of the night right be-fore dawn. We can be among those whoare mentioned in the above verse of Quranby simply waking up 15-20 minutes beforeSuhoor and performing two rakaat Nal

prayers. Abu Hurairah (radhiallahu anhu)narrated that Allah’s Messenger said: ‘Inthe last third of every night Allah descendsto the lowermost heaven and says; “Who iscalling Me, so that I may answer him? Whois asking Me so that may I grant him? Whois seeking forgiveness from Me so that Imay forgive him?.” [Bukhari, Hadith Qudsi].This and many of the following verses area great inspiration for the believers to standin prayer during the night.

Dhikr and Duaa – Remembrance of Allah isimportant throughout our lives, but is evenmore important during the month of Rama-

dhan. Making a special effort to keep theremembrance of Allah, especially with yourtongue is a source of great reward. This actkeeps Allah in your thoughts constantly. Aconstant dhikr of Allah and his praise (Tah-meed and Tahleel) are one of the best ofways of reaping rewards during this month.

As we make Duaa to Allah, we perfect ourconviction and belief – that He is the onlyone who can fulll our needs, wants anddesires. Extending our hands in completedevotion any time of the day or night and atspecic times such as the time of breakingof fast (Iftar) would be a source of Allah’smercy and acceptance. Make a special ef-fort to memorize some of the Adhkar andfrequently repeat them throughout the day.

6. Night Vigil on the Night of Power (LaylatulQadr) and Itikaf– In this night Quran wasrevealed. The status of this night wasclearly stated in the famous verses of Surat

Get ready to welcome a dear friend – Month of Ramadhan

SUNDAY

Topic: Preparing for RamadhanBy: Ust Abdillahi BundidDate: 4th June 2016

Time: After Dhuhr Prayer (1.30 - 3.00 pm)Venue: Mens' section of the Mosque

SATURDAY LECTURE

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Al-Qadar “The Night of Decree (a.k.a. TheNight of Power) is better than a thousandmonths” [97:3]

In this night Allah forgives those who seekforgiveness and stand the night in prayer.This night is the most important and bless-ed night of the year. According to the Aha-dith, this night is one of the odd nights of

the last ten (10) days of Ramadhan and be-lievers are commanded to seek this nightand ask for forgiveness and the expiationfrom the Hell re in this night. This nightwas given to the Ummah of Muhammadsalalallahu alayyhi wa sallam as a specialgift which allows them to gain mountainsof reward in a short amount of time. Makespecial arrangements for yourself and yourfamily to earn the rewards of this specialnight to its fullest. Spend all these nightsor parts of it in prayer, recitation of Quranand adhkar.

7. Spend for the Pleasure of Allah (Charity)

– Charity is considered the second mostimportant act of worship after prayers.Spending with the pure intention of pleas-ing Allah from one’s wealth is one of thenoblest acts liked by Allah. Allah promisesthe recompense of seven hundred times ofwhat a believer spends for His sake.

Infaq has been described as a key char-acteristic of Muttaqeen (those who haveTaqwa and consciousness of Allah at alltimes). In this month, open your heart andyour wallet. Give for the sake of Allah with-out any fear of poverty. Give to your rela-tives, the orphans and poor to the best of

your ability. Give without any desire of rec-ompense or worldly reward as describedby Allah in Surat Al-Dahr “We feed you onlyfor the countenance of Allah. We wish notfrom you reward or gratitude.” [76:9]

8. Helping and Supporting People – TheProphet salalhu alayhi wa sallam called themonth of Ramadhan as the month of con-solation. During this month make a specialeffort to help someone. Is there a family inyour neighborhood that you haven’t seenin a while? A student in a strange new city?

A new Muslim who is fasting for the rsttime? An elderly couple who can’t get tothe Masjid? Why not take a few minutes to

make a phone call, drop in for a visit, orinvite someone for Iftar. Even the smallest

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WOMEN Sha'ban 27,1437/June 03, 2016

Some Ramadhan rulings for womenSh. Muhammad al-Hassan al-Shanqiti

Indeed, women are distinguished with sev-eral specic rulings [in Islamic law]. Thatis because theShari’ah rulings are builton consideration of differences betweenindividuals, kindness and gentleness. Al-lah [The Exalted] says: “He [Allah] did notplace upon you, in the religion [Islam], any

hardship.”

There is a universal maxim, from the majormaxims of Shari’ah, which states “Hard-ship brings ease.” Thus, if somethingcauses difculties for people, then Allah[The Exalted] lifts the obligation of its ob-servance and removes its hardship. Forthat reason, the scholars mentioned theprecepts of hardship [meaning the appli-cability of this maxim] as: sickness, weak-ness, insufciency, abundance, traveling,indecisiveness and fear.

These precepts [if present] will lead tohardship.Thus, if any one of them presents

themselves, the Shari’ah takes it into con-sideration by assigning it a ruling that re-lieves its burden.

Women are presented with a number of is-sues that meet the requirements of suchas pregnancy, nursing, menstruation andirregular vaginal blood ow [menorrhagia].If one of these four issues presents itself,it inuences the rulings related to purity,prayer and fasting. We plan, Inshallah, tospend some time discussing these issuesand the relevant rulings related to themand fasting in light of these precepts.

Menstruation

If a woman menstruates before the com-mencement of Ramadhan [meaning sheenters into the month on her menses] thenshe must not fast until she is absolutelycertain that she is pure. This purity is as-certained by two means: dryness in theplace of her menses, or a clear white liq-uid which comes at the end of her cycle. Ifshe becomes certain that her menses havestopped during the night then she is obli-gated to fast the next day.

However, if she has doubts [regarding theend of her cycle], then the consideration isgiven to her established state, menstrua-

tion, and fasting is not an obligation uponher until she is sure of its cessation. Onthe other hand, if the opposite holds true,she is pure and has doubts about her cy-cle starting, then such a doubt is not takeninto consideration because it is a doubt re-lated to something which prevents [in this

case fasting]. Thus, consideration is givento the established ruling that it is obligatoryfor her to fast, since her purity is what iscertain.

If a woman menstruates during the daytime, and she is sure of her menses, then

the ruling that allows her to break her fast isapplied because menstruation breaks thefast and prevents its observance. However,it is an obligation for her to make up thedays she missed from fasting due to hermenses. Thus, the menstruating womanis obliged to make up the days of fast-ing that she missed but not the prayers.This is established by the sound narrationof ‘Aisha who said, “We were ordered tomake up the fast [of Ramadhan] but not theprayers.” This report makes it clear that it isan obligation to make up the fasting daysin which a menstruating woman breaks herfast and that it is not obligatory upon her to

make up the prayers she missed due to hermenses. The difference between the twois that prayers are a common occurrence[ve times a day] where as fasting is not[once a year for 29 or 30 days].

The nature of women is different when itcomes to the strength of their menses.The Prophet [May the peace and blessingof Allah be upon him] made clear that thelongest normal time period for a woman’smenses is either six, or seven, days, andthat there are some women whose menseswill be less, and some whose menses willbe longer. If it is the rst time a woman has

experienced menstruation, then her pu-rity is established by either her becomingdry, or the appearance of a white uid thatcomes at the end of her menses. And if thewoman has menstruated before, then sheis considered as one who has developed anatural pattern regarding her cycle.

However, it must be noted that there is adifference amongst the scholars regardinghow many times she should have men-struated before her cycle is considered ameans to measure her menses. Some ofthe scholars hold that she should havemenstruated at least three times. Thus, ifshe menstruates three times consecutivelywithin a three month span, then she willknow the strength of her menses becauseof her experience.

However, if she menstruates once, ortwice, without reaching three consecutivetimes, then according to those scholars

the measurement of her cycle cannot beknown. It is said that it is sufcient for herto menstruate only once. Meaning, if shemenstruates and discovers that the normof her cycle is seven days or six days andthat her purity comes in the morning or theevening, then this measurement is taken

into consideration.

It is possible that a woman’s cycle couldstart at anytime during the day. However,it is not obligatory for her to check hermenses at night before sleeping. How-ever, when she awakes in the morning ifshe checks and nds that the area of hermenses is dry, then it is obligatory for herto fast. And if she still sees some dischargethen she is considered on her cycle andshe will stay in that condition until she isabsolutely sure that her cycle has ceased.However, if her habit is to end her men-ses with a white clear discharge, then she

should wait for it because it is the sign ofher purity and considered more accuratethen dryness.

With that in mind, it is possible that shecould rely upon dryness regarding fasting.Thus, if she discovers that she is dry andthe white discharge that signies the endof her menses has not come before dawn,then it is possible for her to fast and, af-ter that, if she experiences the white dis-charge, it will not damage her fasting. Andif her menses stops during the night, andshe fasts and experiences discharge afterthe evening prayer, then her fast, for that

day, was sound as it was considered a dayfree of menses. However if she awakespure, begins her fast and then experiencesher menses again during the day, then shemust break her fast and make up that day.

Ayah of the week Hadith of the week Quote of the week

Narrated Abu HurairaO you who have be-

(R.A.A.): Allah's Apostle (S.A.W.)

said: "Whoever establishes

prayers during the nights of

Ramadan faithfully out of sincere

faith and hoping to aain Allah's

rewards (not for showing o), all

his past sins will be forgiven.

(Bukhari)

lieved, avoid much negave

assumption.Indeed,some

assumpon is sin.And do

not spy or backbite each

other.And fear Allah:Indeed

Allah is accepng of repent-

ance and Merciful.

(Surah Al-hujurat :12)

“A wise man rst

thinks and then speaks

and a fool speaks rst

and then thinks

(Ali ibn Abi Talib)

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The Friday Bulletin Sha'ban 27,1437/June 03, 2016

Gulf African Bank to offer education support to bright students Shariah compliant nancial institution Gulf

African Bank through its social responsibil-ity initiative programme will extend educa-tional support to bright and needy studentsto further their education.

The programme has seen over 1500bright and needy students from poor back-grounds who scored high marks at Kenya

Certicate of Primary Education (KCPE)and Kenya Certicate of Secondary Edu-cation (KCSE) receive sponsorship andbursaries for their education pursuit fromthe bank.

Speaking last week at Diamond Jubileehall in Mombasa during the ofcial launchof the Gulf African Bank Foundation, thebank’s Managing Director Abdalla Ab-dulkhalik noted that the move is aimed atsupporting bright and needy students inthe country to further their education and

career at both high schools and tertiaryinstitutions and contribute to the improve-ment of education standards for nationaldevelopment.

He pointed out that education is the onlysector that can positively transform the so-ciety and that the Gulf African Bank Foun-dation, the corporate social responsibility

(CSR) arm of the bank will be channelingpart of their investments towards educa-tional social initiatives. ''We recognizededucation being a vital pillar in develop-ment of a community, Gulf African Bank aspart of its social welfare programme foundit prudent to involve itself in this endeavorsof ensuring the educational needs are ca-tered for,'' said Abdulkhalik.

He further disclosed that Scholarshipsworth Sh98 million were set to be disbursedthrough the Shari'ah Bursary Scheme to

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Kisumu residents benet from SWAM free medical camp

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support the education of the bright andneedy students. .

The launch of the Foundation was ofci-ated by Mvita Member of Parliament Ab-dulswamad Shariff Nassir who applaudedthe bank for its efforts to extend supportto underprivileged students from differentbackgrounds, faiths and regions to further

their education.

Over 300 residents in Kisumu County ben-eted from a free medical camp held lastweek on Sunday.

The one-day medical exercise was carriedout by a team of health ofcials from vari-ous hospitals within Kisumu County whichincluded Aga Khan hospital, Jaramogi Og-inga General and Referral hospital and

Avenue hospital among others who offeredconsultations and medical services to thetown residents.

The event was organized by the Kisumubased Sisters With A Mission (SWAM)Muslim development group.

Services offered during the event includedX-ray services, pediatric lab and pharmacyand general medical checkups among oth-er services.

Addressing participants at the KisumuPublic Library nominated Member of Coun-ty Assembly Farida Salim emphasized theimportance of health in development andcalled local residents and Kenyans in gen-eral to take health as fundamental to de-velopment.

Farida further urged community, Imamsand religious leaders to play a signicantrole in educating and sensitizing their con-

gregations on health matters to facilitate ahealthy society for social economic devel-opment.

''It is prudent we ght and destroy illnessamong our community so as to be healthyenough to undertake our religious and spir-itual obligations with ease and effectivelyplay our roles in development endeavours.I therefore call upon my fellow politicians,community, Imams and religious leadersto be at fore front to educate and sensitizeresidents to take care of their health andwell-being as health is fundamental to de-velopment of any community,'' said Farida.

She commended the Sisters With A Mis-sion group for the initiative and called onother organizations to emulate the samefor prosperity.

On her part Chairlady of the group, SisterRehema Akidah said the medical camp

was aimed at improving health services inthe region and lauded various well-wish-ers, donors and County health ofcials fortheir support and cooperation to enhanceon health services.

Sister In-charge of Social services at thegroup Rabia Abubakar noted that the medi-cal camp will be an annual event and ap-pealed to donors, well-wishers and Muslimcharitable organizations to come out tosupport the initiative for the pleasure of Al -lah and benet of the local communities.

A patient being attended to during a freemedical camp by Sisters With A Mission(SWAM).

gesture of kindness can make a huge dif-ference in someone’s life. Remember youractions are measured on their quality andnot their quantity. Breaking someone’s fasteven with modest food can make you wor-thy of great reward and can be an expiationfrom the re of Hell.

The Prophet salallahu alayhi wa sallamsaid, “If someone helps break the fast of afasting person in the month of Ramadhan,

he will receive the same amount of rewardas the person fasting without any reduc-tion in the reward of the fasting person”.He also said, “If someone feeds a fastingperson, Allah will quench his thirst fromthe water of Kawthar and he will never bethirsty again until he enters Jannah”.

9. Invite Towards The Quran –The strug-gles of this world will end, but the strug-gles of those who enter Hell will never end.Therefore, the biggest service to anyone isto save them from the re of Hell and helpthem enter Paradise (Jannah). The monthof Ramadhan was honored by Allah due to

the revelation of Quran during this month.So, inviting people to the message of Quranis among the noblest acts we can performduring this month. In this month, we are allfocused on reaping rewards and cleansingourselves, but we should not ignore thehighest responsibility of calling people tothe Deen of Allah and to the message ofQuran. hose who are able to benet fromthis Ramadhan and reap the benets andrewards of this blessed month (Ameen).

Orthopedic doctors from Lokman-ya Hospital in India, will be screen-ing patients with joint relatedproblems (hip, knee, spine etc) atCare Hospital (Formerly AfwanHospital) Eastleigh

DATE: 4th June and 5th June 2016

TIME: from 9:00AM -5:00PM.

Patients are advised to carry their

medical reports and X-rays.

Consultation fee is Kshs. 2000.

Please contact Care Hospital

Tel. No. 0728808727/0739136969

to book an appointment early.

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Afwan) OPD CAMP

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To all members.

Noce is hereby given for the 16th annual general meengto be held on 05/june/2016

at the jamia mosque mul-purpose hall from 9am-3pmin shaa Allah.

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Lamu county Women RepresentativeShakila Abdalla has called on the govern-ment to lift a night shing ban which is stillin force in some parts of the county.

She said the curfew has impacted nega-tively on the livelihoods of residents of Ki-unga majority of whom depend on shingwhich is normally done at night.

The night shing curfew was imposed bythe government in 2011 following a spateof Al Shabaab attacks.

Although President Uhuru Kenyatta gavean order to lift the ban during his visit to thecounty early this year, the order is yet to beimplemented.

Shakila accused the navy of disrespect-ing the Presidential directive by failing tohonour his order to lift the ban adding thatthe curfew was hurting the economy of thecounty as well the tourism industry whichthe region largely depends on.

“The navy has neglected the order and nowKiunga people who rely so much on shingare now languishing in poverty, the curfewis contributing to poverty among locals whodepend on shing and tourism as their ma-

jor economic activity,” she said.

Shakila said the ve-year old curfew hasgrossly affected the social lives of many

residents and their constitutional right tomove around freely violated by the curfew.

“The Navy should work with shermen insolidarity and harmony instead of ill-treat-ing the shermen or ordinary people,” sheadded.

The legislator who was addressing resi-dents at Kiunga primary school at the week-end said she will reach out to interior cabi-net secretary Joseph Nkaissery togetherwith other coastal leaders to see to it thatthe ban is lifted and shermen are guaran-teed security while carrying out their shingactivities at night.

The rst television channel to broadcast inSomali language in the country has beenlaunched.

Star Television Network (STN) waslaunched last Saturday at a Nairobi hotel.The TV station was launched by Star me-dia network which owns popular Somali ra-dio station Star FM.

Speaking at the launch as the chief guest,majority leader in the parliament Aden Du-ale said the television will provide a goodplatform for the Muslim community in the

country to demystify a lot of misconcep-tions about Muslims and Islam that is usu-ally held by non-Muslims.

He noted the launch presents Muslim reli-gious leaders and scholars the much need-ed opportunity to defend Islam againstpropaganda in the media and portray thetrue picture of Islam.

“We have always needed our own televi-sion channel that provides platform whereour children can be taught moral valuesand the true teachings of Islam, where our

Lift night shing ban in Lamu –Shakila

First Somali TV in Kenya launched

Mombasa senator Hassan Omar haswarned youth in the county against indulg-ing in criminal activities.

Speaking over weekend during the nals ofthe Mombasa Secondary Schools DebateCompetition on human rights, peace andsecurity, Omar told the youth not to ruintheir lives by engaging in criminal activitiesthat will put them at odds with the rule oflaw.

Omar urged the high school students to re-sist attempts of being recruited into extrem-ist groups pointing out that the new faceof extremism was now targeting youngpeople in educational institutions. “Imagineyourself serving the rest of your life in jail.Crime of whatever nature does not pay,” hesaid on Saturday during the event held at

Allidina Vishram School.

The senator instead advised the studentsto concentrate on performing well in their

She called for more understanding andcooperation between the navy and theshermen and urged the latter to carrywith them identity cards and reector

jackets for easy identication.

daughters can be educated on the signi-cance of donning the hijab,” said the Garis-sa Township Member of Parliament

The television will also broadcast in Boranaand Kiswahili languages and is available onGotv, Bamba, Signet and Pang platforms.

Mandera senator Billow Kerrow commend-ed Star media network on the launch of thenew TV channel saying residents of NorthEastern region have been granted an alter-native source of news and information inSomali language.

“Now the people in North Eastern countiescan follow events and news in the countrythrough the Somali television channel,” hesaid.

The launch was attended by Somali busi-ness community, religious leaders and poli-ticians from North Eastern. Somalia’s am-bassador to Kenya Gamal Mohammad wasalso among the notable attendees.

This launch comes a time when the net-work’s Star FM is celebrating 11 years ofradio broadcasting in Kenya and Somalia.

studies and at the same time engage in pro-ductive activities that will better their livesand that of the society.

While urging Haki Africa which organizedthe debate competition for the schools andother stakeholders to put in place such fo-rums, senator Omar said radicalization andextremist among the young population canbe countered through engagement pro-grammes where youth are given the oppor-tunity to air their grievances.

Mvita MP Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir wasamong the notable guest in the event thatbrought together hundreds of students from

various schools in Mombasa county to de-liberate on security matters affecting thecommunity.

The competition was won by Sheikh Khal-ifa bin Zayed al Nahyan secondary schoolwhile Abu Huraira and Maweni Girls tooksecond and third positions respectively.

Shun crime, Mombasa senator tells youth

Cholera, chikungunya

outbreak in ManderaContinued From Page 1

med.

Mandera Chief Ofcer of Health MariamDahir said more than 500 patients infect-ed with the mosquito-borne disease arereceiving treatment in public health cen-tres in the county.

According to the Ministry of health, thecountry has been experiencing a wave ofcholera outbreak since December 2014where close to 30 counties were affected.

Last week the ministry dispatched health

personnel, vehicles and medical suppliesto the county to address the crisis.

Teams from Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF), AMREF health Africa and RedCross have also moved in to contain theepidemic that has now reached a calami-tous levels.

The deadly cholera outbreak is not theonly disease the county is grappling withbut also mosquito-borne Chikungunyadisease which has affected more than 500residents.

The viral disease which is has no cure issimilar to dengue fever also caused by

infected mosquito bite and its symptomsinclude high fever, joint pain, rash, fatigueand headache.

The ministry of health said it will coordi-nate efforts with Somalia where the chi-

Muslims across the country in the next few

days will be commencing Ramadhan fasngfor a period of one month. While taking this

opportunity to wish you well in your fast-

ing, we wish to remind you that we have amoral responsibility to help those in needy

situaon. We wish to appeal to Our MuslimParents in their respecve instuon, Mus-

lim organizaons and other corporate ins-

tuons to come forward to help our Muslimstudents in instuon of Higher Learning

with Iar program during this Holy Monthof Ramadhan. Nairobi Area Muslim Students

Associaon has put in place a mechanism toreach out to these instuons within Nairo-

bi and its environ. For any assistance kindly

contact Bro Umar Sakwa on 0722234569 orBro Ibrahim Sharrif 0722947050

NAMSA RAMADHAN APPEAL

SUNDAYDARSAYou are kindly requested to join us for darsa

and khitma in honour of Almarhum Sheikh

Ali Abdallah el Maawy.

Venue: Masjid Nur South C

Date: 4th June 2016 after Asr prayers



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Social welfare is an instinctively noble human characteristicthat is intrinsically valuable to our society and to all of humanity.It denes who we are as a people; compassionate, caring, un -selsh and willing to reach out to others in their times of need.

Always with the perceptive gratitude of the concept of: "For the

sake of Allah let me be there ".The government at present has left the disadvantaged alone.They are, after all, serving a purpose; exploited by politics, ig-nored by humanity, saving the government precious corporatedollars, and simply ignored by all others, with the exception of avery few humanitarians that do what they can to alleviate theirplight.Ummah Foundation is one such a humanitarian organisationthat believes disability of any kind should not be neglected. Webelieve that with assistance to the disabled, we can go a longway in empowering them to be productive members of the com-munity. Since the inception of Ummah Foundation hundreds of

Lets help our disabledthe physically challenged people have benetted from wheel-chairs,crutches, blind canes, articial limbs, sunscreens, tricycles and food-stuffs donated by the Foundation to institutions where the deaf arecatered for.Each month Ummah Foundation donates an average of sevenwheel-chairs to the physically challenged members of our commu-nity. For the past two weeks, Ummah Foundation has donated threewheel chairs two to brothers Abdi and Hamza both from Ijara districtin Garissa county. Though they both live far apart in the far villagesof Masalani, they share a common phenomenon of not being able towalk. One was affected severely after having had a bout of polio inhis childhood. After he recovered he was not able to walk again up todate. He has a family and he should be useful to them after he got thewheelchair. The other brother got paralysis of his leg after he was bit-ten by a venomous snake and due to poor access to proper medicalcare, he lost one of his legs. With the wheelchair, the brother is nowable to conduct some small business to sustain his family. They are

both very grateful to Ummah Founda-tion for the role they play in caring forthe disabled across the country.

Another case is of a brother Abubakr,he had a very tragic accident that ren-dered him disabled after failing to getproper medical attention in the initialstages. The only thing he remembersis nding himself in a hospital, inten-sive care unit ward with one his lowerlimps completely amputated.Brother Abubakr recollects the sadmoments with a lot of sorrows but ashe says time has healed his wound-ed soul. He has nally accepted hiscondition and tried to live with it ashe says that is what Allah destinedfor him. He is left with three children

after his wife could not put up with thesituation of living with a disabled manand therefore decided to annul thematrimony.The only helper is his old mother whohas endured all the troubles that theBrother goes through every day. Sheis the sole bread winner of the fam-ily. Now with the wheel chair brother

Abou- as commonly known- haspromised to start a shoe mendingbusiness within his local town. He hadstarted to do it from home but therewere limitations of him accessing thecustomers. He plans to begin a stall

that will help him access the biggercrowd in the town who will need hisservices. With his healthy hands hewill be able to ride himself up to hisstall and back home.His big prayer is for the trustees andfounders of Ummah Foundation whohe says came to his rescue afterlearning of his terrible condition. Heprays that Allah will bless the donorsand helpers of this noble mission.Thanks to Ummah Foundation hehas a wheelchair that has made hislife more exible.Contact us:

Ummah FoundationVillage Plaza, 2ND Floor, Ngara RdP.O. Box 58717-00200, NairobiTel: +254(20) 20680610/13, Mob:0734845277Email: [email protected]: www.ummahfoundation.net

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