Muslims from Wajir on Tuesday gathered at Qorahey Grounds to pray for rain. The faithful left their businesses of the day to seek Allah’s forgiveness and beg for relief from the drought. Since last April, rainfall has been insignificant.
The religious leaders, who led the prayers, urged residents to repent of their sins and forgive each other. “We have closed all the religious learning institutions this morning to gather here and pray in search of rain,” Gaawo Nuno said.
Sheikh Abdiwahab Osman said: “We are worried if the April–May rains fail, hundreds of our livestock will be in trouble. There is no person who can meet our needs apart from Allah and we are gathered here today to seek his forgiveness.”
Governor Ahmed Abdullahi, who joined the prayers, called on residents to co-exist and live in harmony. “We are trying to work with the security forces to arrest those who killed to avoid clan retaliations,”Abdullahi said.
He condemned the Sunday attack in which four people were killed, in clan rivalry in Eldas.
Abdullahi urged pastoralist communities to treat such attacks as crimes committed by individuals and not by the entire clan.
