The above group is worryingly growing and has even been training in Kwale forest, acquiring arms etc. All this is in a bid to make Mombasa a new country, Pwani.

Some politicians are supporting it.. A worrying trend indeed..

They even have a Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com...cil-MRC/148508195220835

Anyone with info on it?

Woooi!!! This is another Northern Nigeria waiting to happen

Having worked at the coast, I know that the majority of land in the said 10 mile strip is owned by Arab families. For instance, all big parcels of land in Malindi town and surrounding are owned by about 5 families. Go to Kilifi, the Mazrui family is king with their base at Takaungu. This families have a common thread: former rulers and slave traders. The British also settled freed slaves in the strip, you have land titles reading so and so, a freed slave is hereby granted such size of land. You will never hear people talking about land held by Arabs, quite a number of them absentee landlords. In Mombasa, you can be sold a house, but not the land it stands on, or someone says he has sold you the land, but not the coconut trees therein. The agenda of the Mombasa Republicans and the real owners of the coast is at variance, akina Balala and kin stand to lose if they win. I doubt they will go far.

My assessment of MRC:
1. Little international support would be forthcoming owing to the geostrategic location of Kenya and its importance to the region n the world.
2. Small population that cant form a critical fighting unit unlike the popular mungiki which was crushed anyway.
3. Local support devided.
4. Historically, not very ferocious warriors.
5. Poverty n lack of basic resources eg food+laziness will definitely be to their detriment.

Me thinks the gava will just watch, wait for a heinous act to be commited down there, generate a mountain of public apathy n anger, then hammer them to pulp. Just my comforting thoughts.

The Mombasa Raha Republicans should be put in train wagons and shipped to Mt Elgon for a month. Let them intermingle with the residents there and ship them back to mwambao. These lazy citizens will pass the message over to the rest.

Those are not my thoughts.

I was horrified by Zipapa's comments.. Ati if they change the name and include more than just Mombasa he will join them.

He baffles me..

nothing much will come out of this. the movers are guys of arab extraction who are afraid to loose their large tracts of land, the way the mzungu lost the white highlands, so they have hired stupid locals (mostly swahilis - who are a result of arab/locals intermarriages) to be singing secession every day on their behalf.

I will be most worried when i will hear the Giriamas, mijikendas, Taitas, Wandigos and other indigenous coast people start singing that song. That day I will not take summit.

Laziness, Illitracy and poverty is the cause of all their proble

From your list, they only have one problem. Laziness... the rest is as a result of the first one... How do you explain illiteracy when we still have free education.... they have land, but they wont farm... i have travelled around coast. From Malindi all the way down coast to some few kilometers to TZ and the scene is the same, people seated under a tree from early morning to the late evening waiting for the mangoes to grow so that they can sell by the roadside when they have tracks of idle land... How do you help such?

i was surprised that eggs sold in Nyali Nakumatt are brought all the way from Limuru... someone can check that if you want to confirm!