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africanews

Kenya's Muslim populations will support the draft constitution and will vote yes in the forthcoming referendum. The Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims, Aden Wachu said no chapter of the draft constitution violates the teaching of Islam and so their support for the draft constitution is justifiable.

According to Aden Wachu the decision to support the draft constitution has been reached after widespread consultations among the Muslim community and urged the clergy to reconsider their position on their stand against the proposed constitution.

The decision took long to be made after some Muslim MPs openly expressed their opposition to the proposed constitution. But the new declaration is the official stand of all Muslims on the proposed constitution.

Deputy Speaker of the Kenyan parliament Farah Maalim urged all Kenyans to look at the contentious issues and not to shun the draft since there was no constitution that is perfect.

The decision by Muslim to support the draft constitution came two days after President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga met the Christian clergy to convince them to support the proposed constitution.