Coast Mourns Abdallah Said Zubedi- philanthropist and Mombasa businessman
The Source: mombasa/farajdumila/hadhramaut.info - 25/09/2009
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Prominent Coast philanthropist and Mombasa businessman Abdallah Said Zubedi has died while on a visit to Sanaa , Yemen . Over many years he spent much of his considerable fortune in promoting Kenyan welfare institutions and helping poor students to pay their school fees.
Since his school days Abdallah was noted for his generous character, always helpful and active involvement, and possessing very positive leadership qualities.
He was educated at the Mombasa Arab Boys Primary and Arab Secondary Schools and was a leading Arab Boy Scout.It was his ‘Madrassatul’ teacher – Sheikh Salmin who founded the Arab Scout troop and appointed him its leader and he remained so throughout his life as its active patron. He was nationally famous for his sponsoring the ‘Round Table’ Voice of Kenya television opera for fund raising in supporting welfare institutions and poor children.The slot used to collect donated goods – such as television sets, radios, refrigerators - and auction them and the money collected would be distributed to some welfare institutions for poor by the Mombasa Lions and Rotary Clubs.Abdallah was recognized as a highly respected Coast Arab leader who served not only his community but the entire Coast population with great zest.He established a profitable firm exporting coffee and tea to the Arab Gulf – his company was known as Mwangi Coffee Ltd.As a young man Abdallah was a prolific correspondent to Mombasa Times 'Letters to Editor', vehemently fighting for the Arab rights. Among his well known close friends included the former Deputy Governor of Central Bank, Sheikh Ahmed Abdalla, the Ship chandlers Sheikh Mohamed N. Muses and Sheikh Mohamed Gharib of Formax Insurance Brokers Ltd.Ahmed Abdalla describing him as a reliable, honest businessman, ever hard working and deeply dedicated to welfare activities.Mohamed N. Muses on hearing of his friend’s death quoted a Qur’an verse:“A soul does not know what is in store for him tomorrow neither does it know in which land to die.’Several hundred of his acquaintances were deeply sad for not being able to pay their last respect due to the fact that Abdallah’s funeral rites were held at Sanaa.They submitted their condo-lences to his widow and seven grown up offspring Said, Moha Omar and four daughters.May Almighty Allah rest his soul in Paradise , Ameen.
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