Supreme Mufti Shiekh Zubairi Kayongo Is Dead
Supreme Mufti Shiekh Zubairi Kayongo has passed on this morning at Aga Khan Hospital, Dar es Salaam Tanzania
Reliable sources have revealed that the flamboyant Mufti succumbed to Kidney failure.
Who is Kayongo?
Sheik Kayongo was born in Bbaale, Kayunga district to the late Hajji Sowedi Kayongo.
He studied at Katuumu Muslim School in Luweero district and later at Lamu Muslim College in Kenya. He started teaching Islamic studies in 1955.
He served as a deputy Mufti to Sheik Luwemba in the 1980s.
He also held the same post under Sheik Ahmad Mukasa when he was leading a faction based at Kibuli Mosque.
A member of the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council’s college of Sheiks
He has been close to the Buganda Kingdom leadership at Mengo and heads a conflict resolution committee of one of Buganda’s clans, the Kobe.
He has residences in Kiteezi, on Gayaza road in Wakiso district and Lwamata in Kiboga district.
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