Head of taxpayer-funded Somali charity cutting checks to family

Head of taxpayer-funded Somali charity cutting checks to family

Somali Bantu Community Association of Maine Executive Director Muhidin Libah paid out over $100,000 from the charity he runs to members of his family between 2023 and 2024, tax filings show. In 2023, Muhdin Libah paid his wife, Fadumo Libah, $21,551 for “various business transactions” and another family member, Hawa Dakane, $38,559 for work as a “Women’s Community Advocate,” according to tax documents. The Somali Bantu Community Association acce…