Mombasa Republican Council 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"). In response, the government declared the group to be an illegal organization, together with another 33 groups. Mombasa Republican Council contested the government's decision in the court. The high court of Mombasa lifted the ban and ruled that claiming the group was illegal was unconstitutional. Mombasa Republican Council Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) is a separatist organisation based in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya. The
Mombasa Mombasa Island. Importantly, both of these names have linguistic and spiritual connections with Central Africa. "Mkisi" is considered the personification of "ukisi" which means "the holy" in kiKongo. "Kongowea" can similarly be interpreted as the Swahili locative of "kongo" which denotes the essence of civilizational order in central Africa. These legends can be read as an acknowledgment of the Bantu-speaking origins of the Swahili people. Shehe Mvita superseded the dynasty of Mwana Mkisi and established the first permanent stone mosque on Mombasa Island. Mombasa's oldest extant stone mosque, Mnara, was built c. 1300. Shehe Mvita is remembered as a Muslim