Obviously, the secessionist Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) is a rag-tag outfit that does not understand the politics of secession. Since its inception a few years ago, MRC has been calling for the establishment of a Republic in Kenya’s coastal strip on grounds of political, economic and social marginalization by the government of coastal peasants and youths in the region. Although the political sentiments of MRC are legitimate, the group’s leadership appear to be ignorant about what it takes to drive the politics of secession within an armed State such as the Republic of Kenya.
At first, top politicians appeared to have been gravitating towards recognizing MRC as a legitimate political force that could positively play a big role in the struggle against the marginalization of MRC supporters in Coast province. In the climax of the MRC fame, Prime Minister Raila Odinga offered MRC dialogue with the government and urged the group’s leadership to register as a political party so that it could join the democratic process that had been strengthened by the promulgation of the new Constitution in 2010.
By then, the view was that by transforming itself into an organized political entity, MRC could become a major stake holder in the search for solutions to the abhorrent marginalization of the people of Coast province. In fact, significant hopes were raised when MRC’s key demand that the group be unbanned by the government before any further moves, was met by the corrupt ruling capitalist elite which was increasingly becoming uncomfortable with MRC’s secessionist politics. The main problem was that MRC’s complaints about long-term and systematic marginalization were finding huge accommodation in the hearts of idle and frustrated coastal youths who had congregated around the group en masse because MRC appeared to provide an alternative conduit of struggle to resolve a thorny question that no one seemed to address.
At one point, opportunist presidential candidates like Musalia Mudavadi even offered to help set up a Parliamentary Committee that would look into the grievances of MRC. Surprisingly, MRC refused to budge and instead of heeding calls for registration, the group announced that the question of secession could not be compromised under any circumstance because “Pwani sio Kenya”. Video footage of large crowds of MRC fanatics rallying around their leaders in support of secession sent chills down the spines of top government apparatchiks as MRC’s top brass remained defiant, militant and uncompromising. Consequently, the current crack down on MRC needs to be seen within the context of a threatened government that must maintain authority and an inflated political outfit operating outside the established law of the land. As the brutal crackdown of MRC by the government continues, certain realities also emerge.
Because of political adventurism propelled by sheer ignorance and lack of ideological direction, certain MRC’s operatives gave the government the very excuse it had been waiting for to embark on a crackdown. Out of the blue, MRC came up with threatening statements, warning that the group would disrupt national examinations, stop voter registration, boycott national elections and even disrupt the voting process in the scheduled March 4th 2013 elections because “Pwani sio Kenya”. In summary, MRC had begun to operate like “an independent state” within Kenya although without jurisdiction.
After the pronouncements which angered the government, it was just a matter of time before the State took advantage of the unwelcome posturing to hit at the very core of MRC’s leadership in a bid to scuttle the movement and scatter its supporters. The current brutal and barbaric attack on MRC supporters by paramilitary police together with the arrest of MRC’s leader is a clear signal that the government has abandoned its reconciliatory stand on the MRC question and opted for brute force as a way of teaching the group a lesson in power politics.
Secessionist politics without a military wing
During the raid on MRC’s headquarters by GSU, the group’s leader was beaten to a pulp, three supporters killed while several members of the group were so injured that they could hardly sit down in court. Although it was clear that the Human Rights of MRC members as enshrined in the new Constitution had been violated with impunity, there has been no Human Rights group, political party, NGO, institution or leader who has condemned the brutal raid and killing of MRC’s supporters.
This is not surprising because under capitalism, the Constitution exists to protect the interests of the ruling class and their side kicks. In this case, MRC was threatening the legitimacy of the state and it had to be crashed to set an example for Kenyans who may try to replicate the MRC tactics in future.
What MRC leadership does not understand is that it is impossible to drive secessionist politics without a military wing of the political Movement or Party seeking secession. This is especially so if the secessionists are seeking to defy established authority as a means of struggle. While secessionist pressure groups operating within the law of the land could gain significant political influence, serious secession is usually tied to military options.
In Africa, both Eritrea and Southern Sudan are the newest states in the continent but the creation of these states included more than three decades of fratricidal wars that led to deaths of thousands of people. Other groups like the Darfur Liberation Movement in Sudan, The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, The Revolutionary Armed Forces of the Sahara in Niger, the Sahrawi People’s Liberation Army in Morocco, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azaward in Mali and a host of others inside and outside Africa are all armed as a way of pushing their secessionist agendas.
In its bid to secede from Kenya, the MRC will have to appreciate armed struggle as a method of struggle against an armed state for it to become a serious political factor. There is no State authority that will voluntarily give away territory to a ragtag group of disenchanted citizens claiming social or political marginalization. Although the key issues being raised by MRC are legitimate – years of neglect, lack of jobs, unshared resources, poverty, underdevelopment, social and economic frustrations etc, the solution to the problem is political organization for a power take-over on the basis of a radical program that unequivocally lays the foundation for equitable distribution of resources in all regions of Kenya.
Despite having been crashed at the moment, the issues MRC has been raising will remain while the group’s supporters are unlikely to disappear. With its strategy of arming its supporters with pangas and rungus, MRC does not appear sophisticated enough to pose any real threat to the Kenyan state. However, the dismantling of the leadership structures of the group through force is likely to drive the movement underground. To continue being relevant with its politics of secession, any future MRC leadership will have to learn a few lessons from the current crack down and set up a military wing of the Movement to prevent its leaders from being picked up like tomatoes in the market.
Another alternative would be for MRC to exploit the opening of the democratic space to set up a legitimate political party that can then be used to fight for the interests of its members in Coast province. Without a clear strategy to push its agenda, MRC runs the risk of disappearing into Kenya’s political oblivion.
Okoth Osewe
Secretary General
Kenya Red Alliance (KRA)
About the Author
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KIBAKI tells MRC members to ‘GO TO HELL’ ….. he will send them AWAY
Friday, the 12th of October – President Mwai Kibaki has made his harshest condemnation of the Mombasa Republic Council (MRC) yet by telling the lose collective of disgruntled Coastal residents that they ‘can go to hell’.
Kibaki made the comments during his official address at the Presidential Award scheme ceremony on State House grounds a few hours ago.
While referring to the a threat by the MRC members to disrupt KCSE and KCPE national exams the president said;
“That threat is stupid (sic)…If MRC interfere with exams we will send them away, they can go to hell…” said the president with a faint smile on his face.
The President made the comments while a crackdown on the members of the MRC is intensifying in Mombasa.
The Kenya DAILY POST
Quality Time with Kenya’s Secessionists
By Paige Aarhus
The Kenyan coastline is known for its endless white sand beaches, turquoise blue ocean, and a charming fusion of Islamic and British colonial architecture. Tourists come here for the cheap booze, attractive locals, and exotic scenery. What they may not be aware of is that many of the people serving drinks and changing towels are part of a massive underground secessionist movement likely to bring chaos and bloodshed in the upcoming presidential election.
The Kenyan government would like the public to believe that the Mombasa Republican Council on the country’s south coast is a gang of criminals and terrorists.
In reality, this outlawed movement is made up of young, poor, landless locals who are sick and tired of being marginalized by the government and brutalized by police. They’re ready to rumble this election season, planning to boycott polling stations in Mombasa and beyond, and they’ve promised trouble for anyone who tries to cast a ballot in the province.
The MRC is similar to Somalia’s shifta militia (a group in the northeast that advocated for secession in the 1960s until the government violently stamped it out), and was among 32 others declared “illegal organized criminal groups” in 2010. Its leaders claim to be against violence, but the majority of its members are disenfranchised youth who are ready to take up arms.
I had a chance to hang with the founders of the MRC recently. We met in Likoni, a tiny town outside the steamy port city, where I sat down with chairman Rashid Kivyaso, intense spokesperson Mohammad Rashid Mraja, secretary general Randu Mzai Ruwa, and assistant vice chairman Ali Mwatembe.
They agreed to meet because they want to air their many grievances to anyone who will listen. Much like their Somali counterparts in the northeast, locals here have a shared sense of profound marginalization, and for a long time no one has really given a shit.
“The coast people are tired of being ruled by the Kenyan government. Their wealth has been looted by the government … This is the new colonialism,” said Ruwa.
Formed in 1999, the MRC claims that despite the Coast Province being a major contributor to the national economy through the Port of Mombasa and a booming tourism industry, the Coast people have yet to benefit from its resources. Politicians reserve the majority of investment in the area to new tourist resorts, with very little reserved for infrastructure and human development.
Although it’s the second-largest city in Kenya, Mombasa has no universities of its own. Students in the Coast Province routinely rank lowest in national exam results, locals seldom hold high-ranking government positions, and poverty and unemployment are endemic. Most importantly, the region’s popularity as a top tourist destination means that many have been bought or pushed out of their family’s land by foreigners and non-coastal Kenyan businessmen so another big resort can be built.
MRC members are also frequent victims of some pretty intense police brutality, and they are getting sick of it.
“We are pushed by the demands of the people. We realized that the government is not going to help. The law is applied differently against the local population here. The MRC was born out of harassment,” said Ruwa.
Ever since the MRC was outlawed, police crackdowns at meetings and oath-taking ceremonies have been frequent. At one such raid in October last year, police fired on the crowd, injuring many and allegedly killing a fisherman.
“We were told not to speak, and the youth resisted. Some started throwing rocks, and the police shot back,” said Mwatembe.
The leaders I met with were firm in their policy on non-violence, but they recognized that the youth who make up the majority of the group do not necessarily feel the same way.
“There is a large portion of youth who claim we are wasting time and we should take up arms,” said Mraja.
“If they start the war by themselves, we can’t stop them,” added Ruwa.
All MRC leaders assured me they are determined to exhaust all legal avenues to achieve what they want. A weird old treaty between the Sultan of Zanzibar and the Queen of England states that 10 miles into the entire stretch of Kenya’s coastline should be returned to the locals in 2013, though that will likely be ignored by the Kenyan government.
The group is also in the midst of filing a couple court petitions to decriminalize the group and block Kenya’s electoral commission from setting up polling stations during the next election.
But so far the process has been slow, it’s unlikely they will find success through legal means anyway, and if they don’t…
“The MRC will not allow the voting process to go on. If the court process fails, there is no option but violence to stop people. But we will cross that bridge when we come to it,” said Mwatembe.
The MRC wants nothing but secession. That is its only goal—no compromises. But the legal battle is not going the way the group had hoped.
At the High Court of Mombasa the next day, MRC members were on site to await the latest developments of the two court cases. The process was delayed once again—the group has been waiting for two years to get a court date now—and a group of pissed-off-looking MRC members stood frowning around their lawyer outside the courthouse when I showed up.
“This is another example of delaying tactics used by the government to ignore our plight,” said Mraja.
In the park across the street, chanting and yelling erupted as about 250 people with painted faces and political signs made their presence known. I was pulled into the middle of it as Mraja got the crowd fired up, shouting slogans and jeering at a waiting truck of riot police.
“For the last year the MRC has grown in leaps and bounds, partially because the government has tried to silence it. Media attention has grown so much. Our press conferences used to be empty. Not so anymore,” said Mwatembe, who estimated there are now 2.2 million active MRC members in the province.
People are paying more attention because the Coast is a crucial area for vote-hungry politicians. A secessionist movement here is highly unlikely to succeed because the area is so valuable to the rest of the country, but that hasn’t dissuaded the MRC.
They want their own flag, currency, name (The Republic of Mombasa), and laws, and they want them by the end of the year. They haven’t decided on a system of leadership yet, but they are definitely thinking hard on it.
“We are simply the revolutionaries. The leaders will come later,” said Mraja.
The MRC is predominantly Muslim, and at one point advocated a return to Sharia law, though political pressure and Kenya’s recent incursion into Somalia to deal with Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has led it to turn away from religious doctrines. Rumors that the group is secretly in bed with Al Qaida and Al-Shabaab have damaged its reputation. The MRC is trying to play its cards right.
“We do not have a religious stamp. We have learned our lesson from previous mistakes. We accept people from all religions and shun religious arguments,” said Mraja.
It’s a clever ploy, and one that will likely win them more supporters in the area. Also helping things are frequent incidents of police brutality—the aforementioned October raid, and a police roundup in December last year that saw dozens beaten, arrested, and humiliated by police.
Back in Likoni, I met with Mdune Julo and Mwana Siti, two locals who are still on the fence about whether they will join the MRC. They were at home on the night of December 18, one day after two local police officers had been hacked to death with a machete. Locals insist the murders weren’t politically motivated, but apparently the police weren’t buying it that night.
According to Julo, about 20 GSU paramilitary police officers showed up to the neighborhood surrounding the crime scene and started kicking doors in. He was just getting out of bed when police busted in and arrested him.
“They started beating everyone. They were looking for the MRC. They made us lie on the ground and beat us as we walked to the lorry,” he said.
Siti, a tiny, unassuming Muslim woman, said the harassment and brutality was something akin to that whole Abu Gharib thing—many of the detainees were still naked, and forced to sit on each other’s laps before frog leaping to the truck as police beat them. Siti said they suffered tremendous anti-Muslim verbal abuse.
“They pulled down my shop and they were beating people with the timber. The women were pulled out of the houses and made to watch,” she said.
“I will not vote in the upcoming elections as an act of defiance against the government,” said Julo.
At the provincial police headquarters, Commissioner Aggrey Adoli said reports of police brutality are baseless rumors.
“We have not heard these complaints. These are just gossipers. People could have gone to the courts to complain. Right now we could be having an outcry. Even the raids were done in the daytime, but nobody reported anything,” he said.
According to Adoli, the MRC is a small and powerless group of rabble-rousers looking for attention and money, possibly retired government workers who didn’t plan properly for their future.
“It is not a threat as of now. The government has forces on the ground that deal with them,” he said.
Adoli told me the group is motivated only by money, attracting only the poorest and most uneducated local youth. When Kenya’s new Constitution creates 47 individual county governments across the nation this year, the Coast province will have more of a say in where its money goes, he promised.
“They tend just to follow. We have told them they should wait for the country governments. Any threats made to other people will not endear them to economic development. The issue of land will be settled under the new constitution,” he said.
Adoli swears there have been no incidents of police brutality, arguing that they’ve simply been doing their jobs and maintaining law and order in the area.
“As you know, the MRC is outlawed, so there is no way they can claim legal assembly,” he said.
But it’s that kind of thinking that will cause trouble during elections, said Mwinyi Juma, director of local NGO Likodev.
Juma works extensively with the MRC to help the group work through legal channels and prevent violence, but it wasn’t always so. A series of clashes in the Kiambu district during the 1997 election saw Juma and fellow guerrilla fighters storm police stations with guns they claim the government had provided them to flush out local opposition.
Juma spent weeks fighting police in the surrounding jungle, and though he’s now abandoned his violent revolutionary tendencies, he sees history repeating itself this year.
“There are grievances that the government refuses to address. Their approach leaves a lot to be desired. Beating the youth without any reason is no tactic to take. That’s why we were in the forest in 1997 fighting with police. We started because of that,” he said.
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THE MOMBASA REPUBLICAN COUNCIL MANIFESTO
INTRODUCTION
We, the Coast people are not concerned with the Kenya constitution; the Coast Region (Mombasa) has a separate legal status as a protectorate.
The country, Mombasa which extends right from the Indian Ocean to Sultan Hamud, from Lungalunga to Kismayu and owned by natives, namely; the Mijikendas, Taitas, Pokomos, Bajunis, Arabs, Hindus and other Coastal tribes, has suffered a lot since 1963.
Remembering the time after signing of the agreement on 8th October 1963, which placed Mombasa (known as Coast province) under Kenya’s protection, this country (Mombasa) has become a field of Kenyans looting our wealth.
DEMAND
The original communities as named above are now demanding their colonial masters, Kenyans;
1.To repeal the 8/10/1963 Agreement cmnd 2161
2.Remove their administration
To grant our independence
AGREEMENT
By the time Kenya gained independence, it was seen that the British protectorate (Kenya protectorate) was not well organized for an autonomous state. So the British government and the government of Zanzibar placed the Coast region under the protection of the government of Kenya. Agreement No. cmnd 2161, which on its paragraph four (4) third and fourth lines stated that the government of Kenya, entered into certain undertakings concerning the protection after Kenya has attained independence.
Some of the reasons that made this Coast Region be placed under Kenya’s protection was well illustrated in the colony and protectorate of Kenya sessional paper No. 9 of 1961 in chapter ‘V’ examination of proposed solutions. Section (a) clause 50 line 15 stating. A number of people said that they wanted the British to maintain their connexion with the coastal strip and indeed looked to her Majesty’s government to defend them against possible invasion from upcountry Kenya tribes people. If the strip was set up as an autonomous state. The letters written by M. Shamte and J. Kenyatta concluded in London 5th October 1963 and exchanged to each other. Now under the Mombasa Republican council, we can administer ourselves. Therefore, the Republic of Kenya is being urged by the Mombasa republican Council to nullify the 8/10/1963 Agreement. Once these colonial and cruel governing masters are gone and we gain our independence:-
1.We will form our own government which, the Coast region will cease to act as province but instead it will become an autonomous state.
2.We will be able to appoint directly our people (the coast people) to operate our parastatals and other sectors which are conducting within our country Mombasa.
ADMINISTRATION
The Mombasa Republican Council demands to the government of Kenya to remove their administration starting from the executive office, the president office to local village elders.
Thus this government is governing the Coast province illegally as per the 8/10/1963 Agreement. This is why the government leaders use force to grab land within the Coast region i.e. the evicted people at Vipingo-Kikambala, this shamba is now grabbed by the Kenya government leaders, the evicted people we have witnessed in Watamu, not only were they banished but also killed, the titanium eviction, Msambweni eviction etc.
The Coast people are totally fed up with the Kenyan Administration which doesn’t protect as it was agreed but instead loots and kills mercilessly innocent people of the Coast Region. And once the government of Kenya removes their administration;
3. We the Coast people will be able to form our very strong
and fair administration that will comprise of well disciplined security forces, well trained by strong and super power nations with high quality sophisticated machines and modern technology with well experienced trainers.
4. The Mombasa government will see that, the elected
President will not be above the law.
5. The President will be answerable in court incase this person
breached any article of the law.
1.The Mombasa government will keep an eye on all the ministries.
2.That the Mombasa government will make sure a very big competition is witnessed at the Mombasa Ports Authority so to make sure our authority becomes the first and higher speeding in the harbor activities.
3.The government of Mombasa will make sure it is mandated to provide birth certificates, passports, identification cards and other primary documents free of charge within six (6) months as from the birth of the Mombasa citizen.
4.There will be freedom of worship
5.All the worshiping centres i.e. churches, mosques, Kayas, Hindu temples and other recognized centres will be safeguarded under our government.
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Thus, there will be fair police rules which will eradicate the harassment of the wananchi.
7.The administration will come from the indigenous from the Coast, which will cease the demolition of our houses, burning of our houses, assault of our people, killing of our people, land grabbing, bad governing and many other evils that we witness from the government of Kenya.
8.Will cease the harassment of hawkers’ as per the Mombasa government will arrange enough land from the public land for such people.
9.The Mombasa government will ensure all the towns plus the city of Mombasa have reinstated the free public toilets for the sake of wananchi.
10.Justice will always be maintained at all times and to all people.
11.The Mombasa government will make significant difference within our country Mombasa than how it is today under Kenyan colony.
LAND AND SETTLEMENT
1.The Mombasa government will announce all the Mombasa land belongs to the Mombasa citizens shortly after Mombasa attains independence.
1.All land held by foreigners i.e. Kenyans, and others will be revised so to be known in which the person acquired it.
2.The Mombasa government will make sure all the grabbed land is taken back to the wananchi of Mombasa.
3.A new law concerning land distribution and ownership is going to be used.
4.There will be Regional independence land committees for the land matters which will make sure all the coastals benefit from the motherland, thereby make Mombasa citizens proud to be coastals.
5.All the title deeds which will be offered shall be under the government of Mombasa.
6.The Mombasa government will make sure the term ‘squatters’ and ‘crown lands’ come to an end immediately.
7.The Mombasa government will be entitled to provide proper and permanent settlement to all her citizens.
1.Our government will form a home care unit for widows, orphans, elders and the disabled people.
EDUCATION
1.The government of Mombasa will see that, the education funds is properly utilized as per the intended purpose.
1.The government of Mombasa will be mandated to build different institutions that is:1.Modern Institutions
2.Nursery and kindergarten schools
3.Primary schools with all facilities i.e. stationery
4.Secondary schools
1. 1.High schools
2.Colleges
3.Universities etc. which will all be financed and equipped appropriately.
1.The pupils will be educated from nursery to the highest learning freely including provision of uniforms.
1.The Mombasa government will make sure that, all the trained and students have attained the degrees and thus obtain employment opportunities in their home companies and other sectors in line with their profession.
2.The Mombasa citizens will have to resume their studies from where they left due to selfishness of their colonial masters (government of Kenya) in order to enable our new government (Mombasa) provide better performance.
1.The hopeful students will be given opportunities to study abroad.
FINANCE
1.Our government will provide free education for all the Coastal’s recognized religions.
2.The Mombasa government will make sure all resources are distributed equally.
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The Mombasa government will make sure, the Mombasa cash crops get an international market and become the most important crops in the world.
4.Our government will ensure good relationship with both the developed and developing countries in a manner to ensure the resultant trade benefits the Mombasa traders and uplift the economy of our country.
1.Every Ministry will be provided with funds according to approval of the parliament.
1.There will be minimum tax of duty offered to businesses which is going to be at a reasonable rate, unlike the one we have currently.
1.Our Mombasa government will even reduce the tax fee for all our neighboring countries who use our Ports i.e. Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi etc so to enjoy as they have no any other ports to use.
1.The 68% revenue collected in the Coast province will eradicate the poverty state in the dry rural areas i.e. Kinango, Ganze, Magarini and other areas.
2.The Mombasa government will find that, the ordinary coastal person is effectively considered and necessities like food, shelter, health etc. are met.
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The Mombasa government will form fair rules to collect tax from the good wealth that God endowed us with i.e. titanium, ocean, petroleum, agricultural land, tourism, gold, wildlife, livestock, industries etc.
4.All Mombasa citizens who are unemployed will be provided with monthly funding assistance.
5.Small scale businesses will not require permit nor licence to operate.
HEALTH
1.There will be modern technology in health sector and free medical care to her citizens.
1.All trained doctors will be given opportunity to work in health sectors.
2.The government will buy and import medicines to all the government hospitals and clinics.
1.The health coverage will be very high that, all citizens will be catered for.
TOURISM/WILDLIFE & NATURAL RESOURCES
1.Tourism is the most important sector, being one of the most revenue earners.
1.The Mombasa government will make sure that, it is highly improved and well protected.
2.The beach is the most attracting area and the good beach hotels. The traditional dances and the traditional culture of the coastal life is going to be modernized and better areas of entertainment be erected.
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The museums and our national heritage i.e traditional and cultural dressings/dances, ruins (Gede) will all be protected and better attention accorded so that it’s fame grows to be known globally.
2.All the Mombasa forests together with ranch areas will be reserved for the purpose of our wildlife animals.
1.We will form a very strong fresh water board so as to make sure coastals and our livestock get sufficient water.
1.The government of Mombasa will ensure all the mineral found within our country will be protected accordingly in manner to benefit coastal people but not victimization as we have witnessed in various places within the Coast Region.
1.The land with gem stones minerals will be protected and set a side for gem stone excavation to be done under the government licence.
1.The Mombasa government will make sure the coastals get first priority to the Beach trading, fisheries and other sea facilities so as to empower the coastal indigenous in all the sea sections including the tourists sector, which will experience the coast people with their gift given by God (the ocean).
1.The Mombasa government will ensure the coastals get Utalii college with all facilitation equipments so to enable the coastal community become the most renown experts in the tourism sector.
1.The wildlife is going to be protected much against poachers and properly taken care of.
2.The Mombasa government will ensure that all the hotels and cottages are kept to the best standard to compete with other countries in the world.
3.The charging rate will be reduced to receive as many tourists as possible thus earning more revenue for the Mombasa country.
4.The beach boys and operators will offer the best discipline to the tourists and avoid harassment to the same.
5.They will be given licence.
6.The Mombasa government will maintain high security to the tourists both in town and at the beach.
7.Well trained police officers will be used to fight against terrorism throughout the Mombasa country.
8.Our government is going to protect every tourist along the beach and outside the beach line within our country Mombasa. Good roads will be build inside the parks.
9.The government is going to increase the size of our parks and increase the wildlife by acquisition from other countries.
10.Well trained tour guides and knowledgeable are the ones who will be recruited in the tourist industry.
Let us join hands and change the said Agreement. Hello coastals, wake up and get all what we have mentioned in this manifesto, and many other good things which the coastals can not do under the leadership of the present ruling of the selfish masters (the government of Kenya) and in the 8/10/1963 Agreement which stated that:- the government of Kenya entered into certain undertakings concerning the protection after Kenya had attained”
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Kenya govt cannot win this war with MRC a movement that is representing the Oppressed and marginalized Coast People for many decades.
Arresting Mrc leaders killing ,detaining them and declaring the Movement illigal will never bear fruits.
What MRC need right now is to organise politically and military to protect their people and their territory.
It will not take long before Kenya govt start negotiation with MRC ,hence Mombasa is the Gate to Kenya mainly the Port that serves both East/Africa and Zaire (The Lake Region Coutries)
Refinery/Rail-line /Tourism/ Airpåort and other infrastructures this will force the Notorious Kenya Govt to sit on a negotiation table with MRC that represnts their Oppressed and marginalized Masses .
We has seen it elsewhere ie: In Ethiopia where the Republic of Elitrea Land.Locked Ethiopia.
In former Yugoslavia where Serbia has been land.locked by the republic of Monte-Negro.
This can happen in Kenya . The govt of Kenya should listen to marginalized Coast People instead of turning to killings/ mass arresting /jailing and punishing innocent oppressed and miginalized Wa-coast people.
The Kibaki govt is fighting a loosing war that will continue in generation to come.