Circular No: JMT/165/19
Following the announcement by the AFED Electoral Commissioner, Alhaj Gulamabbas Khaku, vide his letter Ref: AFED/EC 19 – 22/004/19 of 28th January 2019, the AFED Secretariat is pleased to inform the Community members of the re-election of Alhaj Shabir Najafi as the Chairman of the Federation of KSI Jamaats of Africa unopposed for a second consecutive term of three years, 2019 – 2022.
Shabir bhai has been involved in Community services for several years which include Chairman of Kampala Jamaat for the terms; 1996-1998 and 2004 – 2006, Vice Chairman of the Africa Federation for the terms; 2010 – 2013 and 2013 – 2016 thereafter elected as the Africa Federation Chairman for the term 2016 – 2019 in January 2016. Prior to 2010, he has been AFED’s Councillor for a number of years.
His experience covers wider spectrum regionally and globally, having been the World Federation Executive Councillor for many years; Shabir Bhai’s commitment in the affairs of our Institutions and the Community is significant.
Alhaj Shabir bhai Najafi has been nominated for this position by the following Jamaats:
- Bujumbura – Burundi
- Conseil Regional Des Khojas Shia Ithna-Asheri Jamates De L’Ocean Indien (CROI) – Madagascar
- Dar-Es-Salaam – Tanzania
- Kampala – Uganda
- Kigoma- Tanzania
- Lubumbashi – DRC
- Maputo – Mozambique
- Mombasa – Kenya
- Moshi – Tanzania
- Mwanza – Tanzania
- Nairobi – Kenya
- Nampula – Mozambique
- Union des Associations Khodjas Shia Ithna asheri de la Reunion (UAKSIR) – Reunion
- Zanzibar Hujjat – Tanzania
- Zanzibar Kuwwat – Tanzania
On behalf of the Member Jamaats in Africa, my fellow Office Bearers and the Trustees, we congratulate Alhaj Shabir bhai on his re-election and wish him success in his endeavors to serve and take the Community to greater heights of development and success, Ameen.
Hussein A. Karim
Hon Secretary