Mombasa Republic

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Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) independence Flag[1]
Flag of the Mombasa Region in Coast Province of Kenya

The Mombasa Republic is a proposed state that encompasses the Coast Province of Kenya. The Mombasa Republican Council in the main organisation to raise claims that Mombasa should secede from Kenya to become an independent state. They argued that secession would liberate the people of the coast province from marginalization by the successive governments in Kenya. The slogan they are using is Pwani Si Kenya ("The Coast is not Kenya").[2][3][4]

The MRC is an organization which seeks to restore autonomy and self-determination to the historic Mombasa coastal region of east Africa.[5] The MRC is a constitutional organization and aims to represents persons of all religions and tribes living in the Mombasa coastal strip.[6] Mombasa has a unique cultural identity and proud history that long predates the current colonial borders of Africa.

Mombasa Republican Council protests in Kenya[7]

The supports the MRC program as a legitimate expression of self-determination under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The MRC joins other front line OEAS member organizations in Ambazonia, Azawad, Biafra, Cabinda, Kabylie, and Matebeleland seeking freedom from unjust colonial borders and national self-determination.[8]

History[]

The Mombasa Republican Council was formed in 1999 to address perceived political and economic discrimination against the people of the coast province.[9] The group traces its secession claims to the 1895 and 1963 agreements transferring the ten-mile strip of land along the coast to Kenya's Government from Zanzibar. Some critics characterize these British agreements as a form of bribery designed to facilitate colonization of the interior. The group contests these agreements as invalid because the British Government enacted them without the consent of coastal stakeholders claiming that the state of Kenya has failed to honor the provisions designed to protect the coastal population.[10]


References[]

  1. ^ "MOMBASA REPUBLICAN COUNCIL (MRC) JOINS OEAS".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "allAfrica.com: Kenya: Mombasa Republican Council - Liberators or Nascent Radical Fanatics?". allafrica.com. June 27, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2016-07-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Luc Torres. "The separatist map of Africa: interactive". the Guardian. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Insight - Separatist storm brewing on Kenya's coast".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Persons of all religions and tribes living in the Mombasa coastal strip. M".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "A Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) protest". 24 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "mombasa-republican-council-mrc-joins-oeas".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Kenya's Mombasa Republican Council : The Coast calls for freedom [501811752] | African news, analysis and opinion – The Africa Report.com". theafricareport.com. May 17, 2012. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012. political and economic discrimination
  10. ^ Goldsmith, Paul (November 2011). "Microsoft Word - 11-11-17 MRC Conflict Assessment Report - Final - MRC_Conflict_Assessment_Threats_and_Opportunities_for_Engagement.pdf" (PDF). kecosce.org. Retrieved 26 July 2012. independent demographi
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