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UMC

UNION OF MUSLIM COUNCIL FOR EAST, CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

A NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATION WHICH BRINGS TOGETHER 27 COUNCILS IN THE REGION

 

Headquarters:

Acacia Ave.
House No: 27 Kololo,
Kampala, UGANDA

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 5137
Kampala, Uganda
Telephone/Fax: 255587

MEMBERS:

  1.   UGANDA
  2.   TANZANIA
  3.   KENYA
  4.   ZANZIBAR
  5.   RWANDA
  6.   BURUNDI
  7.   ZAIRE
  8.   ZAMBIA
  9. COMORO ISLANDS
  10. MADAGASCAR
  11. MOZAMBIQUE
  12. ETHOPIA
  13. SOUTH AFRICA
  14. NAMIBIA
  15. BOTSWANA
  16. LESOTHO
  17. ZIMBABWE
  18. MAURITIUS
  19. CONGO
  20. CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC
  21. SUDAN
  22. MALAWI
  23. SYCHELLES
  24. SOMALIA
  25. REUNION
  26. SWAZILAND
  27. DJIBOUTI

OBJECTIVES:

The objectives of the UMC is to provide:

  • Education
  • Social services

        - Building schools

        - Drilling wells

  • Employment for youth and women
  • Organising seminars and workshops
  • Propagation of Islam by teaching and translating Qur’an

The UMC was established in 1987 in the state of Burundi. Its current headquarters are in Uganda.

CONTACT:

Sheikh:   Haruna Segooba

Administrative Secretary:    Abdul Kariim Kaliisa

Chairpersons – Islamic Departments

Zimbabwe: Sheikh Musa Menk

Zaire: Jamal Lumumba

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