{"id":112685,"date":"2025-03-29T15:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/ag-oduor-appoints-panel-tasked-to-constitute-waqf-commission\/"},"modified":"2025-03-29T15:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T15:03:06","slug":"ag-oduor-appoints-panel-tasked-to-constitute-waqf-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/ag-oduor-appoints-panel-tasked-to-constitute-waqf-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"AG Oduor appoints panel tasked to constitute Waqf Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 29 \u2013 Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor has appointed a five-member selection panel tasked with nominating suitable candidates for appointment to the Waqf Commission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The panelists, appointed under Section 7(1) of the Waqf Act, are Jawahir Keinan Hassan, Al-Hajji Hassan Kirua ole Naado, Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome Asmani, Sheikh Abdala Ibrahim Ateka and Sumayya Hassan.<\/p>\n

The newly constituted panel will oversee the nomination process to ensure the selection of qualified individuals for the Waqf Commission.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Attorney-General revoked Gazette Notice No. 9143 of 2023, making way for the fresh appointment.<\/p>\n

The move which seeks to strengthen the governance and administration of waqf affairs in the country, comes days after President William Ruto promised to actualize the commision.<\/p>\n

\u2018Fairly incompetent\u2019<\/h2>\n

President Ruto, while hosting\u00a0an Iftar dinner at State House on Tuesday, singled out former Attorney General Justin Muturi for delayed creation of a Muslim Endowment Fund, labeling him as \u201cfairly incopetent\u201d.<\/p>\n

President Ruto assured the Muslim community of a resolution within months.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we move forward, we will continue to address the issues raised here\u2014particularly those concerning education\u2014and explore the link between religious and formal education to determine what needs to [be] done,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Waqf, I agree with you; it has taken too long. There is no reason for the delay, and I had a problem with the AG who was there. He was fairly incompetent, but now I have a very competent lady, and I can assure you the issues of Waqf will [be] sorted out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Ruto would subsequently fire Muturi as Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, nominating Igembe North MP Geoffrey Ruku in his place.<\/p>\n

The President\u2019s remarks marked the strongest indication yet of a growing rift between him and Muturi, who has accused the government of being complicit in abductions and extrajudicial killings.<\/p>\n

Just before his firing, Muturi fired back, denying President Ruto\u2019s characterization.<\/p>\n

Muturi maintained that the existing law does not support the creation of such a fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnder the Waqf Act No. 8 of 2022, there is no provision for a \u2018Muslim Endowment Fund.\u2019 It must be understood that a Waqf is a religious, charitable, or benevolent endowment by a person who professes the Muslim faith and is managed by the Waqf Commission,\u201d Muturi stated.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 29 \u2013 Attorney-General Dorcas Oduor has appointed a five-member selection panel tasked with nominating suitable candidates for appointment to the Waqf Commission. The panelists, appointed under Section 7(1) of the Waqf Act, are Jawahir Keinan Hassan, Al-Hajji Hassan Kirua ole Naado, Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome Asmani, Sheikh Abdala Ibrahim Ateka and Sumayya Hassan. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}