Chacha is a husband, a father and an advocate of the high court of Kenya admitted into the bar in 2001. He started his human rights work in 2006 by participating in free legal aid clinics in prisons courtesy of the Legal Resources Foundation. He also works closely with CSOs by providing legal support and relocation of displaced persons under risk after the post-election violence of 2007/8.

He focuses on access to justice for people living with HIV who were stigmatized at their places of work, victims of torture, extra judicial executions and enforced disappearances and excesses in combating terrorism.His successes include offering probono legal assistance to the indigent and the advocacy work he has done in fostering cordial relations between the suspected terrorists and the administrators of both Kamiti maximum prison and Shimo la Tewa Prison.

His work on counter terrorism carry many risks including physical and digital surveillance,threats and his home broken into.He was inspired to join human rights work as a student of history and the realization that the enjoyment of fundamental rights result of sacrifices by HRDs all over the world.

“Furqan is an Arabic name meaning that which distinguishes right from wrong…
darkness from light, I believe in this,” Chacha Mwita