AG DORCAS ODOUR APPOINTS A FIVE- MEMBER PANEL TO OVERSEE SELECTION OF THE WAQF COMMISSION

Attorney General Dorcas Oduor has commissioned a panel of five members to oversee the selection of the Waqf Commission.

In a gazetted notice dated March 28, 2025, she appointed Jawahir Keinan Hassan, Al-Hajji Kirua Ole Naado, Sheikh Ibrahim Lethome Asman, Sheikh Abdala Ibrahim Ateka, and Sumayya Hassan in the selection panel, with the duty to nominate suitable candidates for the Waqf Commission.

This occurs following an Iftar dinner at State House, where President Ruto assured the Muslim community that the matters relating to Waqf would soon be resolved under the current AG Oduor.

“I had a problem with the AG who was there before; he was fairly incompetent. But now, I have a very competent lady in the position, and I can assure you that the issues of Waqf will be sorted out within months,” Ruto said.

Muslim leaders at the event had relayed their grievances over delays in making the endowment fund operational despite providence from the Waqf Act.

Muturi answered by clarifying that the Act does not provide for a Muslim Endowment Fund, but Waqf is a personal religious or charitable endowment managed by the Waqf Commission