Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte was a Muslim Imam leader, head of Dawa in Uganda, a teacher of Arabic, Islamic philanthropist, marriage teacher councilor and always bragant about his riches and life. Here we break down info you didn't know abou his life.
Muzaata was admitted at IHK hospital and was being looked after by his son Sowedi Muwonge before his death.
He was reportedly rushed to the hospital after getting an attack but according to NBS Television, he has been battling with intestinal complications.
SHEIKH NUHU MUZAATA BIOGRAPHY:
Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte was born in the 1950s, to the late Adam Muzaata in Bwaise, Lufula Zone close to Kimombasa area.
His father was Adam Muzaata, a sheikh, as well as an Islamic religious healer. He used the Holy Koran to treat the sick (edduwa), which other Muslims criticise, saying it’s evil.
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HIS EARLY LIFE:
It’s said, the late Kamadi Muzaata, Sheikh Muzaata’s grandfather originated from Tanzania. He migrated to Uganda in the early 1800 and settled in Buganda region, during Ssekabaka Suna II, who was the Kabaka of Buganda between 1830 until 1856.
Muzaata’s father Adam Muzaata died in 1990 and was buried in Kazo, a Kampala suburb next to Bwaise. Later on Muzaata and other family members would then decide to transfer their father’s remains to Kigogwa, along Bombo road.
A source close to the Muzaata family disclosed that Muzaata also said that Kamadi Muzaata was a native doctor. He locally treated many people including one of Kabaka Ssuuna’s wives named Muganzirwazza. Muganzirwazza was the mother of Ssekabaka Mwanga II. But later on, Kamadi Muzaata shifted to Mbale where Nuhu Muzaata’s father was born.
But after some time, Mugazirwazza decided to offer Kamadi Muzaata a piece of land in Bwaise, such that her native doctor stays near her, and in case of any health need, he can attend to her quickly.
It’s said Kamadi Muzaata accepted the request and shifted to Bwaise, where he stayed until he breathed his last. His son Adam Muzaata turned his successor, and then in the 1950s, he produced Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte.
Sheikh Muzaata grew up in Bwaise, and according to other Muslim Sheikhs in Uganda, Muzaata’s character, the abusive language he uses, is inherited from the area he grew up from, it’s very well-known Bwaise is a slum, congested and ghetto Kampala suburb, where every kind of criminality is found.
A close source says; ever since his childhood, Muzaata was a scarecrow, just like his father. His father was tall, energetic and dark-skinned like his son Muzaata.
SHEIKH MUZAATA BIOGRAPHY: SCHOOL LIFE AND EDUCATION
Sheik Muzaata began studying, the moment he started speaking. His father started teaching him the Islamic religion and the Holy Koran. After making seven years of age, his father took him to Bilal Islamic School in Bwaise.
A close source says; ever since his childhood, Muzaata was a scarecrow, just like his father. His father was tall, energetic and dark-skinned like his son Muzaata.
In Bilal Islamic School, Muzaata studied for only a short time, and his father shifted him to Bilal Quran Islamic School, former Binyira, in Wandegeya.
Former students at Bilal now Sheikhs, says Muzaata was a scarecrow at school, to the extent that even teachers were careful about him, because of his body structure, language adding that he was a cruel man as well.
They also said Muzaata was feared by every student, including those who were in the upper classrooms. That when you annoy him, he acts immediately with a slap or a kick, without anyone intervening.
Most of these Sheikhs who preferred anonymity, attended Bilal Quran Islamic School in Wandegeya, together with Muzaata from 1979, and at University in Madina.
The Sheikhs further said, one time, Muzaata led a student’s strike at Bilal Quran Islamic School, and they destroyed a lot of properties belonging to the headteacher, accusing him of poor administrative strategies.
However, the sheikhs say, besides his character, he was a clever boy in class, he could read Arabic words correctly.
Muzaata is said to have participated in various clubs at school that includes; debating clubs like politics and religion.
In 1982, Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte finished his studies at Bilal and then joined the University of Madina in Saudi Arabia, where he has ordained a Sheikh.
After Muzaata returned home, he began doing business alongside preaching the word of Allah. He then established a tour and travel company destined to Mecca and Medina for the Muslim intending to make Hijja and Umrah, a business he still runs.
As head of Dawa in Uganda, Muzaata says one has to be well educated in that field, present papers and again be interviewed to assess one’s eligibility to the position. He adds that to be a leader also, one has to hold a degree in Sharia Laws, aged between 40-70 years and without any criminal record.
SHEIKH MUZAATA BIOGRAPHY – MARRIAGE LIFE & FAMILY
A close source to Sheikh Nuhu Muzaata Batte said that his first wife was a daughter to the late Bujirita, but after some time, the two separated.
Today Muzaata has two wives that include; Qurusum Muzaata, who works with the Kampala Capital CIty Authority (KCCA) as a clerk.
Muzaata says the first war he fought was concerning leadership, who qualifies to be a leader in the Islamic religion, that’s why sometimes back, he had issues with the Old Kampala Muslim leaders. He says Muslim leaders are the root cause of divisionism among Muslims in Uganda.
And the other war was on Muslim properties that include; buildings, land which can’t be carried away like a kavera. He wanted to know where they are? Who sold them? What he wants is for the properties to be returned back to Muslims.
He says his issues with Old Kampala leadership was that he wanted them to account for every property taken away.
Muzaata says H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni tried to solve the matter, but it stopped in a way they didn’t know. He adds that president Museveni instituted a probe committee led by Pro. Tarsus Kabwejere and gave him three months to produce a report.
And after the report, the committee requested an appointed to meet the president such that they submit the report, before him. But now two years down the road, the president has not responded.
And now their hope is gone because the President seems to have no time to attend Islamic affairs, yet, he has time to attend to other countries issues who don’t even have a vote for him. For instance; South Sudan, D.R.Congo, Kenya and other countries surprisingly.
SHEIKH MUZAATA BIOGRAPHY: HIS RISE TO FAME AND POPULARITY
As we continue to unfold Sheikh Muzaata biography, October 2019, Sheikh Muzaata attacked Bet award winner Edrisa Musuuza alias Eddy Kenzo, accusing him of neglecting Rema’s love feelings, and now she got someone who values her love.
He said the two lived together for long, but Kenzo had no intentions of marrying Rema, which was wrong according to the
