Mombasa Republic

[5][6][7] The MRC is a constitutional organization and aims to represent persons of all religions and tribes living in the Mombasa coastal strip.

[8] The Mombasa Republican Council was formed in 1999 to address perceived political and economic discrimination against the people of the Coast Province.

[11] The group traces its secession claims to the 1895 and 1963 agreements transferring the ten-mile strip of land along the coast to Kenya from Zanzibar.

[12] In 2014, Omar Mwamnuadzi was arrested along with 11 other MRC members and charged with holding an illegal gathering and planning to breach the peace.

[14] In June 2022, 81 suspected members of the MRC in Kilifi County were arrested while undertaking oaths to take over the leadership of the country,[15] with violence continuing as part of the buildup to the August 2022 elections.