Kenya: Madrassa Teacher Banned in Mai Mahiu

30 December 2013

Members of the Muslim community in Mai Mahiu, Naivasha have protested the move by the provincial administration to ban Madrassa. Cleric Ali Jiba said the government has banned a Tanzanian colleague from conducting the religious studies in the area.

"...this is oppression and we shall go to the streets to protest this," he said. But speaking on phone, Naivasha subcounty commissioner Mohammed Abass said they have not banned madrassa.

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