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Lamu traders pleased with returns from Maulid festival

The decorated Riyadha Mosque which was the venue for this year's  to mark this year's Maulid Festival in Lamu county.


Photo credit: Kalume Kazungu I Nation Media Group

Business owners have urged Lamu County officials to revive all annual festivals after making profits in the recently concluded Maulid festival.

The three-day event is marked yearly by some Muslims to remember the birth of Prophet Muhammed in the holy city of Mecca in 570 AD.