Okoa Mombasa’s submission to National Assembly inquiry into use of SGR

Shakirina youth for development is a youth women-led organization based in Mombasa. It was registered in 2011 as a self-help group, then updated to a community based organization in 2017. It aims to enhance the capacity and potential of locals through talent and skills development, using a strategic approach to build sustainable communities and promote peaceful coexistence and gender equity.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShakirinaYouth

Ajenda Kenya is a youth-led organization registered under the Kenyan Laws in 2018 as a Community Based Organization in the Coast of Kenya.

The organization was founded as a result of the steady growth in community service throughout the Kenyan Coastal region. The growth in different Coastal Counties necessitated the critical need to address the growing gaps of youth grievances in the communities in a more specialized and focused way to enhance youth participation and voices in addressing the local issues.

For more, see: https://ajendakenya.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ajendakenya/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AjendaKenya

InformAction is a unique human rights organization that uses film and community discussions to get ordinary people to speak out and take action. We operate through mobile field teams – using a car, screen, projector and camera – to show films to thousands of ordinary people through-out Kenya every week. Experienced activists and facilitators lead community discussions on justice and governance, while video journalists film the discussions and record human rights abuses.

Since 2010, InformAction (IFA) has empowered hundreds of thousands of Kenyans in rural and marginalized areas, profiling the demands for change through innovative media and action. It has focused on impunity, governance, and justice for victims of political violence.

In an environment that has become increasingly difficult for civil society and free expression, we use our unique methodology to by-pass control, corruption and censorship. We reach out to all communities and classes with understanding and information.

Make change with us at InformAction; Watch, Discuss and Act! For more, see: https://www.informaction.tv/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/informactionkenya/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/InformAction_KE

FAST ACTION SUMMIT TEAM is a Movement of business communities and individuals who have come together to fight socio- economic injustice in Mombasa & the Coast Region. We are opposed to the SGR illegal monopoly and the shifting of Port operations from Mombasa which has a natural harbour. The founder and leader is Mesh Abdul, a Worker, Social Engineer, Political Figure, Writer and Human Rights Defender. Join us in this Mission and let’s walk together.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/533947244049950/

Haki Yetu is a human rights organization, founded in 2008 in Mombasa’s Bangladesh Slums. The organization, registered as a Charitable Trust, has offices in Mombasa (Star of the Sea Primary), Kilifi (Malindi) and Kwale. Haki Yetu’s core mandate is to amplify voices of the vulnerable and neglected members of the society, through legal representation, research and documentation, awareness creation, capacity building, and building strategic partnerships. Haki Yetu is currently working on four thematic areas: Land and Housing rights; Gender and Law; Governance and Accountability; and Cohesion and Transformation.

The organization has successfully defended and protected communities from eminent evictions in Mombasa including at Kibarani, Bangladesh, Vikobani, Owino-uhuru among other settlements through legal representation. Through gender and law programme, the organization has assisted many survivors of Sexual and Gender Based Violence get justice, with upto 4 convictions of perpetrators of gender violence recorded in 2022 alone. We have supported the strengthening of governance and accountability structures in Kilifi, Kwale and Mombasa, by supporting the development of public participation frameworks, advocating for open governance and access to information.

Haki Yetu is guided by the values of Humility, Accountability, Restorative Justice and Collaboration. For more, see https://hakiyetu.ke/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HakiYetuOrg

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kldtdmombasa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenya_truck

Dock Workers Union was founded in 1954 and is a democratic organization. According to the Union’s constitution, the main objective for its formation was to secure the complete organization in the Union of all workers employed in the Port sector. It is affiliated to the Central Organization of Trade Unions, Kenya (COTU-K) and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).

The Dock Workers Union currently has about 5,000 members drawn from the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The General Secretary acts as the union’s CEO and sits in the National Executive Committee, which is responsible for the general administration and governing of the Union.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DWUkenya

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KenyaDock

The Kenya Transporters Association Limited (KTA) is a business association of road transporters whose broad objective is to provide a common voice to articulate business constraints facing its members, while also contributing towards the realization of a safe, reliable, efficient, professional and environmentally friendly road freight industry in Kenya. KTA was formed in 1969 as the Kenya African Road Transporters Association (KARTA) and later re-named the Kenya Transport Association (KTA) in 1982. The association was transformed into a company limited by guarantee in 2011.

KTA is steered by a team of 9 directors and 7 staff members charged with day-to-day running of the Secretariat. The Secretariat is headed by the Chief Executive Officer.

For more, see: https://www.kta.co.ke/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KenyaTransporters

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KTA_Kenya

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For more, see: https://muhuri.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UTETEZI

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MUHURIkenya

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Stella Maris International is an international  Maritime charity supporting dockworkers, seafarers, fisher folks and their families around the world. Stella Maris was founded in Glasgow in 1920 by a group of Catholic men and women with the founding belief that every seafarer deserves fair working conditions and respect for their human rights.  Our Mission is to provide care and support to the people of the sea. We support dockworkers, seafarers and fishers spiritually, practically and emotionally.

Stella Maris Kenya offers hospitality and pastoral care that includes spiritual accompaniment and celebration of Masses on board ships. We sensitize the society on the current social situation and welfare of the seafarers and fisher folks, ensuring that they are addressed by the corresponding authorities. Stella Maris Mombasa makes interventions whenever there are seafarers in distress.   It creates awareness to the society on the care and noble role of the Seafarers.

For more, see: https://www.stellamaris.org.uk/