Muslim Faithful in Eldoret break into Song and dance to celebrate Maulid Festival
Muslim Faithful in Eldoret celebrate Maulid Festival/Photo James Gitaka
By James Gitaka
Hundreds of Muslim faithful in Eldoret, Sunday marked the Maulid Celebrations by singing and dancing along the Eldoret Streets and thereafter conducted Special prayers for the Millions of Kenyans whose lives have been threatened by drought.
Led by The National Chairperson of the Muslim Professionals Dr. Hassan Kinyua Omari and the CIPK chairman North rift region Sheikh Abubakar Bini, The Muslim leaders called on The National Government to ensure timely distribution of relief food to the Affected Kenyans,
“We Urge Government to ensure the Four Million Kenyans affected by drought have received relief food on time ,We also urge that the relief food should be distributed fairly to all the affected People “Said Sheikh Abubakar Bini.
Dr. Hassan Kinyua called on The National Government and the County Governments to ensure Muslim representation in various job appointments saying a majority have been disenfranchised especially during the employment of civil servants,
“We are urging the Government to ensure that most of our learned Muslim Youth are considered whenever there are appointments or employment opportunities, “Said Dr. Kinyua.
The Leaders have also urged President Dr. William Ruto to address what they termed as discrimination of the Muslim minorities seeking Passports and other travel documents at the Immigration offices across s the county,
“As long as our people have Muslim names they are forced to appear before the vetting committee virtually, the Committee at times takes months just to conduct the vetting exercises and this has continued to affect Kenyan Muslims wishing to travel abroad ,”Said Sheikh Bini.
Dr. Kinyua Also Urged the Government to consider The Madrasa Education under the Competency based Curriculum (CBC) that will be under review by a Taskforce to be formed by the President to look into the challenges facing its implementation.
About Author
