The blessed month of Ramadan is here once again. For the Muslim brothers and sisters, its a time for reflection,contemplation and celebration.
Sadly though, a community from Malindi is fed up with an administrations management of their holy sanctuary at during this special season.
A war is reportedly ripening at Kakuyuni in Malindi, Kilifi County between two rival groups of worshippers feuding bitterly over the management of a mosque, an Islamic school and hospital built by donor.
One of the groups opposed to the current management Tuesday held peaceful demonstrations to demand Mr Markaz Muallafatul who also manages Oulub Islamic Centre to step aside.
They carried twigs and branches along Malindi-Kakuyuni road claiming the mosque, hospital and Islamic centre managers have misused funds leading to collapse of the Islamic school and hospital.
Ms Bishamba Ali Athman, a resident said she donated land for the construction of the project but those managing it misused the funds which led to the collapse of the school and hospital.
Speaking to journalists at the facility during the demonstrations, she said the idea behind the project was to help locals join Islam but the greedy administrators run down the facility.
“We gave out the land for the project to help the community, the donor set up the mosque, school and hospital, bought a maize grinding machine and a tuk tuk but the administrators miss managed the facilities,’’ she said.
Currently, the health centre and the school have not been operating for about two years following mismanagement of the facilities.