Human Rights Agenda[HURIA]

Human Rights Agenda[HURIA] Human Rights Agenda is a Regional Human Rights Non-Profit Organization based at the Coast of Kenya.

The organization was founded as a response to the dictates of the 2010 Kenyan Constitution dispensation. Human Rights Agenda (HURIA) is a not - for- profit, non-partisan, local NGO based at the Coast of Kenya founded immediately after the 2010 referendum as a response to the dictates of the new Constitutional order. Based in Mombasa County, the organization is committed to advancing and mainstream

ing a culture of human rights and promoting capabilities with a view to enhancing the greater realization and equal enjoyment of fundamental rights and freedoms as enshrined in the Constitution of Kenya 2010, other laws and the international human rights instruments.

๐‡๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งHURIA joined the Matuga Sub-County Communi...
03/08/2026

๐‡๐”๐‘๐ˆ๐€ ๐Œ๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

HURIA joined the Matuga Sub-County Community Liaison Committee (CLC) and Project Affected Persons (PAPs) at Mwachome for a public engagement, the latest checkpoint in a process HURIA has monitored since land evaluations began.

The project covers approximately 375 hectares spanning Denyenye and Mwachome villages, Matuga Sub-County, Kwale County, and directly affects 88 households. Land valuations were completed in earlier project phases, with compensation negotiations and a company-led livelihood restoration programme following as the next steps for resettled families.

At the meeting, Bamburi Cement updated the Committee on the progress since the last engagement and responded to community questions.

HURIA's role is to ensure PAPs are not just informed but meaningfully consulted, with real access to information on compensation terms, valuation methodology, and grievance redress, and a genuine say in decisions affecting their land, livelihoods, and heritage. Independent monitoring by civil society matters precisely because compensation and resettlement processes for large-scale extractive projects have historically been where affected communities lose the most ground.

HURIA will continue tracking this process through to resettlement and livelihood restoration, and will keep PAPs and the public informed as it progresses.

31/07/2026

Coastal counties leveling up!

Maspika wa Kaunti waimarisha uwezo wa kushughulikia maombi ya wananchi

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซIn Mombasa yesterday, there was a gathering that doesn't happen ...
31/07/2026

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐’๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐Ž๐ง๐ž ๐“๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž, ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐†๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ

In Mombasa yesterday, there was a gathering that doesn't happen often: Speakers from Coast counties, alongside the County Assemblies Forum, constitutional commissions, civil society, and youth voices, all in one room to talk frankly about how County Assemblies can better serve citizens.

At the heart of the conversation was the County Assembly Performance Index (CAPI), a practical, evidence-based way to measure how well Assemblies are doing on legislation, oversight, and public participation, and to learn from each other in the process. To ground the discussion in reality rather than theory, HURIA shared early findings from a region-wide look at how petitions are handled across the six Assemblies, what's working, where the gaps are, and what citizens actually experience when they raise concerns.

The day's conversations ranged widely: how to make petition systems more responsive, how digital tools could ease the burden on both citizens and clerks, and how transparency can be built into everyday Assembly practice rather than treated as an afterthought.

By the afternoon, that spirit of collaboration took a formal shape: HURIA and the County Assemblies Forum signed a Memorandum of Understanding, committing both institutions to working together on governance, research, public participation, and innovation for years to come.

Our thanks go to CAF Chair Hon Seth Mwatela Kamanza . Hon. Seth Mwatela Kamanza - Speaker, Kwale County Assembly, the Hon. Catherine Kenga 3rd Speaker, Kilifi County Assembly Taita Taveta County Assembly Ombudsman Kenya Ms. Esha Mohammed, Kenya National Commision on Human Rights Ms. Brenda Dosio, and every partner and participant who added their voice to building County Assemblies that truly belong to the people they serve.

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐กโ€“๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญThis week, team HURIA met H.E. Governor Ab...
31/07/2026

๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‘๐ž๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐กโ€“๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ

This week, team HURIA met H.E. Governor Abdulswamad Shariff Nassir in Mombasa to discuss a priority at the heart of our Programme: rebuilding trust between young people and the State.

County Governments have a direct role to play as the level of government young people interact with every day. Meaningful youth participation, reliable service delivery, real economic opportunity, and functioning accountability mechanisms are what determine whether that trust grows or breaks down.

We also had the opportunity to brief Dr. Raymond Omollo Principal Secretary at the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, on RESTORE Coast's security governance work at the Coast, and on what security sector reform needs to look like.

RESTORE Coast is clear on this: rebuilding the social contract isn't something civil society or young people can do alone. County and national government have to show up with real delivery, not just dialogue.

Every Stakeholder, A Different Story.Yesterday, something rare happened in Mombasa: institutions sat at the same table c...
29/07/2026

Every Stakeholder, A Different Story.

Yesterday, something rare happened in Mombasa: institutions sat at the same table came together under one roof, convened by HURIA at the Office of the County Commissioner, to talk frankly about the youth-state social contract.

In the room was Kenya National Commision on Human Rights Ombudsman Kenya Elections Manager Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) Independent Policing Oversight Authority - IPOA KENYA National Police Service Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs), the Office of the registra Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP), the State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy MOMBASA YOUTH ASSEMBLY , youth organizations and CSOs, the Mombasa Youth Assembly, the the Commission on Administrative Justice, the Mombasa County Government and media and civic partners including the Mombasa Press Club Baraza Lab - Mombasa

That's election oversight, police accountability, human rights, justice administration, county government, youth structures, and media in one conversation. It's the kind of synergy Mombasa hasn't seen brought together in a long time, and it matters because the youth-state social contract isn't broken in one place. It's strained across many touchpoints at once: policing, elections, justice, civic space, and opportunity. Fixing it requires everyone who touches those points to be talking to each other, not past each other.

For Mombasa's young people, this means one thing: the institutions that shape your daily reality are now in active dialogue about doing better, together.

Asanteni sana to every institution and individual who showed up. is built on exactly this kind of collaboration.

๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญKilifi County, Kenya's largest coastal county by land area, is home to ov...
28/07/2026

๐‚๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ

Kilifi County, Kenya's largest coastal county by land area, is home to over 1.4 million people and is overpopulated with youth. This demographic reality means that Kilifi's future, more than any other coastal region, depends on the meaningful inclusion of its youth today.

Given its reliance on tourism, agriculture, and coastal resources, alongside the presence of Pwani University as a vital research and knowledge hub, Kilifi serves as a critical testing ground for rebuilding the social contract between youth and the state.

Yesterday, HURIA convened a stakeholder engagement meeting at the Office of the County Commissioner in Kilifi County. The gathering brought together government institutions, civil society organizations, and other key actors to discuss and shape a collaborative implementation framework for .

Ministry of Interior and National Administration
National Police Service
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC)
National Cohesion and Integration Commission
National Land Commission

Today, HURIA's Executive Director, Yusuf Lule Mwatsefu led a courtesy call to the Deputy Governor of Kilifi County Gove...
27/07/2026

Today, HURIA's Executive Director, Yusuf Lule Mwatsefu led a courtesy call to the Deputy Governor of Kilifi County Government, Flora Mbetsa Chibule introducing the RESTORE Coast Programme Rebuilding the Youth-State Social Contract as a Foundation for Enduring Security, Stability, and Democratic Resilience.

The Deputy Governor's office reaffirmed its commitment to partnering with HURIA and other stakeholders to create real opportunities for youth engagement, strengthen democratic institutions, and promote peace, social cohesion, and respect for human rights across Kilifi County.

This is what RESTORE Coast is about: bringing county leadership, communities, and young people to the same table to rebuild trust between citizens and public institutions.

From Kilifi to the five other coastal counties, the message is the same: resilient communities are built when young people are empowered to shape their nation's development and safeguard its democratic space.

Embassy of the Netherlands in Kenya

Today, HURIA sat down with Pwani University our coast-based research partner in Kilifi, to plan the RESTORE Coast Basel...
27/07/2026

Today, HURIA sat down with Pwani University our coast-based research partner in Kilifi, to plan the RESTORE Coast Baseline Assessment, a critical step in understanding how young people across Mombasa, Kwale, Kilifi, Lamu, Tana River and Taita Taveta experience their relationship with the state.

Before we can rebuild trust between youth and the state, we need to know where that trust stands today. This baseline will shape everything that follows, ensuring our interventions respond to real needs, not assumptions.

Today's session mapped out research methodology, data collection tools, and timelines running through the Technical Working Session

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