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1.0 Background of MUHURI
MUHURI-Muslims for Human Rights is a registered Non Governmental Organization (NGO) based at the Coast of Kenya. It began in 1997 to promote the struggle for human rights among marginalized social groups, with a view to contributing towards the national and international struggle to promote and protect the enjoyment of human rights and civil liberties by all.
1.1 The Goal
MUHURI’s goal is “promotion of good governance that respects human rights and rule of law”. This goal seeks the enhancement of a nation that has equitable distribution of national resources, where everyone is involved in the decision making exercise and is entitled to earn an honest living without fear of violence or torture and where the law is followed to the letter without discrimination or favoritism.
1.2 The Vision
“An equitable society, free from human rights violations”. Where people of different backgrounds co-exist harmoniously and together promotes and protects their rights as enshrined in the laws of the country.
1.3 The Mission
“To promote the struggle of human rights by individuals and social groups”. This is to say, to entrench the human rights movement within the grassroots and making it part of everyone’s day-to-day life. Ours is to empower communities to own the human rights struggle and to internalize issues as their own.
1.4 Strategic Plan 2005-2012
In its current Strategic Plan, MUHURI has four strategic objectives:
1. To enhance good governance and social accountability in development processes
2. To advocate for constitutional and legal reforms to realise a human rights state
3. To increase the democratic space within communities by promoting partnership between governance agencies and communities on key coastal issues
4. To strengthen the institutional and financial capacity of MUHURI
To achieve the above objectives and realise our goal, MUHURI has identified key strategies for implementation during the years 2009-2010 under each of the above mentioned objectives. The successful implementation of these strategies will realise significant positive changes in the human rights movement at the Coast specifically and in Kenya generally.
The Coast region has been isolated in as far as the constitution debate is concerned. The isolation is not only self-inflicted but also in a way government sponsored as not enough avenues are created to involve Coastal communities in the debate. Many a times, constitutional deals are discussed and agreed in Nairobi with other regions left out. At the Coast, people’s interest in the debate is minimal as they either lack the knowledge to contribute or there is no consensus on how to move as a region. To improve the nature of constitutional debate at the Coast, MUHURI has organised activities that will be both educational and provoking the interest of the communities to actively participate in the reforms. This Coast Constitutional Convention is one such activity.
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