Islamic University In Uganda. A culmination and pinnacle of efforts of UMEA.
From the right: Haji Nsubuga, Haji Kakembo, Prince Kassim Kakungulu, Hajat Aisha Lubega, Mr.Lubanga and Haji Lubega Wagwa
Prince Kassim Nakibinge Kakungulu
Hajj Abubaker Kakembo - UMEA General Secretary inspects a team at UMEA Sports Gala at Kawanda S.S.S led by Ali Muggaga. Inset: The Late Ramadhan Gava Kasule, 1st UMEA General Secretary

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The Uganda Muslim Education Association (UMEA) is a fully registered Muslim Education Secretaria that serves all Muslim Education stakeholders across the country and plays the role of foundation body for Muslim faith based schools and institutions established under its patronage or affi liated to it.

It is non political, non sectarian and non profi t organisation established in 1936 by the late prince Badru Kakungulu and his colleagues to take
care of Muslim education at the time when the colonial governement had entrusted education in the hands of the Christian missionaries who
deliberately excluded Muslims or converted them before admission to their schools.

But the prince and his peers then were aware that without secular education the Muslim community would neither share the national cake nor fit into the new world reality. Hence, they set up UMEA to ensure that Muslims achieve both secular and Islamic religious education.

UMEA operated alongside the catholic and protestant education secretariats and effecively oversaw the establishment and management of UMEA schools across the country. This was possible with the financial support of government and Muslim brothers in business, notably His Highness the Aghakhan and his associates.When government Nationalized Education in 1964 the Christian Secretariats withdrew into their churches and continued operating while UMEA was completely closed since there was no centralized Muslim leadership.

When Uganda Muslim Supreme Council (UMSC) was established in 1972 it established .an education department to take charge of Muslim
education needs in the country. However, this department did not function to the expectation of the community. Other organisations like UMYA and UMTA, set up in 1987 attempted to fill the gap with limited success and by 1995 it was clear that UMEA had to be revived which was promptly done. This was welcome news to the Muslim Community and UMSC recognized UMEA as the technical arm to run the affairs of Muslim education in Uganda.

UMEA also works jointly with the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) and other civil societies in lobbying government and fighting for preservation of the rights, freedoms and interests of the different faiths groups in education. Read More