KAMPALA, Uganda | The High Court in Kampala has issued an order maintaining Dr Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje as the Mufti of Uganda.

 Justice Bernard Namanya issued the order that the parties shall maintain the status quo until the determination of Miscellaneous Cause No. 65 of 2025.

“The Mufti of Uganda, His Eminence Dr Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje, continues to serve in that capacity, executing his constitutional mandate,” the statement reads. “All offices, programs, and activities of the UMSC remain fully operational.” Justice Namanya ruled

This was in the case brought by applicants Nsimbe Swaibu, Byansi Twayibu, Kalokora Musa, and Kasakya Musa against UMSC, Dr. Mubaje, Sheikh Muhamad Ali Waiswa, Sheikh Muhammad Bukenya, and 41 others.

The applicants are seeking judicial review orders, including mandamus, declarations, and an injunction regarding recent developments within the Uganda Muslim Supreme Council.

The court order comes at a time when Mufti Mubaje has already been duly selected, vetted, appointed, and approved by the UMSC’s constitutional organs and has officially resumed office as Mufti on March 13, 2025.

The lawyers in Miscellaneous Cause No. 65 of 2025 had petitioned the court and were seeking interim orders restraining His Eminence Dr Sheikh Shaban Ramadhan Mubaje from being sworn in as the duly re-elected Mufti of Uganda for a five-year term and also sought a temporary injunction to bar him from performing his duties until the main suit was determined in application No. 182 before the High Court Civil Division.