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Since 2009
Murata Welfare Group

Murata Social Hall
Voi, Kenya

A hall our members built together.

Murata Welfare Group stands by its members in bereavement, saves side by side, and built Murata Social Hall in Voi. Hire it for your wedding, harambee, meeting or celebration.

BOOK THE HALLEVENTS WE HOST
Inside Murata Social Hall under its exposed timber roof

Unity is strength.

Built by its members, open to every celebration in Voi.

Book the venue

Tell us your date and the occasion. The group's officials will confirm availability and the booking terms.

Online enquiries open shortly. Until then, write to the group's postal address below.

See the full booking details

Events we host

One bright, flexible room and a walled compound, shaped around the way our community gathers.

  • Weddings & Ruracio

    Guests face the raised platform down a ready-made aisle; tents fit in the compound.

  • Harambee & Fundraisers

    Space to gather the community, with the head table on the raised platform.

  • Meetings & Workshops

    Welfare meetings, workshops and group gatherings.

  • Church & Youth Programmes

    Services, fellowships and youth days in a bright, open room.

  • Graduations & Celebrations

    Birthdays, graduations and parties, indoors and out.

  • Memorial Gatherings

    A dignified place to remember, close to home.

Planning something else? Ask us.

Step inside
Murata Social Hall.

A long, bright room under an open timber roof, set in a walled compound with space for tents outside. Built by the members of Murata Welfare Group, and open for the whole community to hire.

Blue chairs set out either side of the hall's tiled aisle

Make it your venue.

Weddings, harambee, meetings and celebrations. Ask about your date and the group's officials will get back to you.

Book the venue

Tell us your date and the occasion. The group's officials will confirm availability and the booking terms.

Online enquiries open shortly. Until then, write to the group's postal address below.

See the full booking details
AMENITIES

Amenities

Everything a gathering needs, on site and ready on the day.

  • Open ground in front of the hall

    Parking & open ground

    Room in the compound for guests' cars, and open ground for tents.

  • Hand basins in the washrooms

    Restrooms

    Washrooms with hand basins on site.

  • Tall louvred windows along the hall wall

    Ventilation

    Tall louvred windows along the walls keep air moving.

  • Ceiling fans hung from the timber roof trusses

    Ceiling fans

    Fans hung from the open timber roof keep the room cool.

  • Light switches and sockets on the hall wall

    Lighting & power

    Electric lighting, with switches and sockets on the walls.

  • Floodlight mounted over the hall entrance, above the MWG roundel

    Security lights

    A floodlight over the entrance lights the way after dark.

  • The compound wall topped with razor wire

    Secure compound

    A walled compound topped with razor wire, and lockable metal doors.

  • Wooden tables and stacks of chairs

    Seating & tables

    Chairs and wooden tables, ready to set out your way.

  • The head table on the tiled raised platform

    Raised platform

    A tiled platform for the head table, speeches and ceremonies.

Walk in.
Make it yours.

Book Murata Social Hall for your wedding, harambee, meeting or celebration. A hall built by its own members, ready for your day.

  1. 1Send your date, the occasion and roughly how many guests you expect.
  2. 2The group's officials confirm availability and share the booking terms.
  3. 3Walk in on the day and make the hall yours.

Booking enquiry

Online enquiries open shortly. Until then, write to the group's postal address below.

Our story

How a promise to bring our people home became a hall. Murata Hall is not a commercial venue: it grew out of the savings of members who first came together to stand with one another in grief.

  1. 2009

    Bringing our people home

    Murata Welfare Group began so that no member would face a bereavement alone. Together, members made sure their loved ones could be laid to rest in their ancestral land, rather than in a cemetery or a foreign place against the wishes of so many African families.

    The MWG roundel painted on the gable of the hall
    The group's mark, painted above the hall door

  2. Together

    Saving side by side

    Standing together in loss showed what members could do together in life. They began to save as one, with a shared aim: to invest jointly.

    Rows of chairs set side by side under the timber roof
    Side by side: the hall set out for a gathering

  3. The hall

    A hall of our own

    Those savings bought a plot, and on it the members built Murata Hall: a home for the group and a venue for the whole community.

    The front of Murata Hall and its open compound
    Murata Hall today

  4. The land

    Land in Voi

    Members went on to buy land in Voi together and subdivide it among themselves, so every member holds a share of what the group has built.

    The red earth of Voi beside the long wall of the hall
    Voi's red earth, beside the hall

  5. Next

    Room to stay, food to share

    The group hopes to acquire the plot next to the hall and add accommodation and catering, so families can gather, stay and eat in one place.

    See the plan for the next plot
    The side of the hall and a shade tree in the compound
    The compound, where the story continues

Unity is
strength.

The group's motto, from its constitution.

Vision

To create equality, equity and unity of all the group members.

Mission

Enhance the activities of the Murata Welfare Group to be the most vibrant and respected in the society for the benefit of the group members.

Core values

  • Integrity
  • Professionalism
  • Openness and mutual social responsibility

Registered with the Social Services Department, Voi Sub-County on 16 December 2008 · Certificate TTA/CD/2/7202 · P.O. Box 745-80300, Voi, Kenya

The next chapter

The group hopes to acquire the plot next to the hall and add accommodation and catering. Families travelling in for a wedding, a harambee or a farewell could then gather, stay and share a meal in one place.

It is the same idea that started Murata Welfare Group in 2009: when members pool what they have, they can build what none of them could alone.

Today

Murata Hall

Hall and walled compound

Next door, hoped for

Accommodation
Catering

The neighbouring plot

An illustration of the plan, not a site drawing. Dashed lines are not yet acquired or built.

Become a member

Murata Welfare Group is open to new members who share its aims. Membership is a promise to show up for one another, in loss and in building.

  • Support in bereavement

    Members stand with one another when a loved one dies, and help bring them home to rest in their ancestral land.

  • Saving together

    Members save as one, with joint investment as the aim.

  • Owning together

    Those savings built the hall and bought land in Voi that members share.

Contributions and terms are explained by the group's officials. Send an enquiry and someone will be in touch.

ENQUIRE ABOUT MEMBERSHIP

Good
to know

Send an enquiry with your date, the type of event and roughly how many guests you expect. The group's officials will confirm availability and share the booking terms.