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Office of the Supreme Mufti

The Office of the Supreme Mufti is an autonomous body providing leadership and oversight of Muslims affairs in Uganda, established to restore confidence in Muslim leadership after the sitting leaders had been implicated in mismanagement of Muslim properties and other resources.

The entity is duly registered and recognized under the laws of Uganda as an independent self-governing and self-regulating entity providing stewardship for Muslim affairs and working to unite all Muslim groups and factions under a single umbrella for socio-economic advancement of the Muslim Community.

Islam in Uganda was welcomed as a state religion, when King Ssuuna decreed that all courtiers embrace the new belief and faith practice. At the height of colonial influence and religious conflict in Uganda, a settlement was reached when Islam was assigned royal oversight through Chief Prince Nuhu Kyabasinga Mbogo, who was designated in the 1900 Uganda agreement as the Titular head of the Islamic Faith in Uganda.

This Royal Oversight has been recognized and maintained through the years, first through the late Prince Badru Kakungulu who contributed a lot in the establishment of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council and presently by His Highness Prince Dr. Kassim Nakibinge.

It’s against this background that the Office of the Supreme Mufti at Kibuli receives mandate to provide direction for the Muslim community, every time political and other leadership contradictions create a vacuum and crisis of credibility that threatens to disaffect Muslim followers with their leadership. In quest of ethical governance and accountability, Muslim leadership has always sprouted up from Kibuli hill to provide a much needed hope and assurance for the continuity of the Muslim faith in Uganda.

Our Vision

To make Uganda the Beacon of dedicated Islamic Faith Practice in Africa.

Our Mission

To consolidate the gains of the Islamic Faith and Cultural practice in Uganda through deepening and strengthening Muslim Influence and participation in the country’s social economic life.

Our Objectives

To organize, design, plan, coordinate and execute a regular schedule of programs, events and activities for each calendar year to deliver on the Mission, Vision and Strategic Objectives for the Muslim Ummah, through the Office of the Supreme Mufti;

To facilitate the growth and development of Islam in Uganda through Education, Training and International Exchange for Muslim leaders, Preachers and Elders; to bring about better understanding and cooperation amongst the global community of Muslims.

To establish a Central Registry for Management of Islamic information, research and statistics in all spheres to facilitate better planning and engagement between Muslims, government and other stakeholders

To establish Islamic Peace and Culture Centres (Salaam Centres) for Daawah, Dialogue and Cultural Cooperation providing services and support to the youth, elderly, women and other vulnerable groups in the regions.

To prepare the Muslim Ummah and Islamic leadership for deeper financial inclusion and participation the economic, political and social life of the country through advocacy, training and lobbying for just and equitable access.

To engage all Muslim leaders and stakeholders to ensure alignment towards the refreshed vision and it’s supporting institutional structures, and to constantly review and accordingly update it to match with emerging realities of the day.

Office of the Supreme Mufti through the years.

Start

2008-2013

Shk Zubair Sowedi kayongo

2022 to-date

Shk Muhammad Shaban Galabuzi

1993-2000

Shk Mukasa Ahmed

2015-2021

Shk Kasule Sirman Ndirangwa

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