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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Somalia: Islamists Ban Selling Kat in Af-Madow Town

Kismayu — The Islamic administration of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen has banned selling Kat in Af-madow district near the border between Somalia and Kenya in Lower Jubba region, witnesses said on Tuesday.

Harakat Al-shabab Mujhideen had issued a declaration forbidding to sell the drug leaves (kat) in Af-madow and also Dobley districts in Lowere Jubba region.

Officials said that the people in the regions took the orders earlier asserting that they could not see any place in the region selling it pointing out that the aim of their declarations was to assure the polite of the people to respect them and have their responsibilities.

The administration also refused to make the people for especial centres to buy chewers from the drug leaves (kat) which the Somali people use more.

There are more towns under the control of Harakat Al-shabab Mujahideen like the port town of Kismayu who allowed for the people to sell it out of the town in Lower Jubba region southern Somalia.

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