Year: 2025
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Kalonzo Fuels Fight at Machakos County Assembly
By Martin Masai Ultimatum on Speaker Kiusya Sets the Stage for Prolonged Political Paralysis in Machakos May 30, 2025 Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka’s fiery demand today for the removal of Machakos Speaker Anne Kiusya now fuels a fully fledged war in Machakos County. But behind the thunderous fuming of the former Vice President lies…
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How Woman’s Desire to End Pain Became a Nightmare
Makueni Woman’s Ordeal Sparks Appeal for Justice and Urgent Medical Help By Love Wambua YEKANGA, MAVINDINI WARD What began as a routine visit to Makueni County Referral Hospital has turned into a medical nightmare for Evelyn Kamene Musembi, a woman now battling searing pain, infection, and a crumbling jaw. She is appealing to the government…
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Machakos Girls Must Return to Work Now
COMMENTARY | By The Anchor Editor The plot to remove the Speaker of Machakos County Assembly is dead. It died not from lack of effort—but from excess of foolishness. What began as a bold political move has now turned into an endless joke. And not a very funny one. When 33 MCAs allied to Governor…
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Report Says Most Makueni Water Projects are mishandled
By Anchor Writer Outcome Jolts Mutula to call for urgent reforms in Water Sector A staggering 90 percent of rural water projects in Makueni County are poorly managed, and a new governance survey has revealed—prompting Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. to call for urgent reforms in rural water systems. The findings, presented to the governor on…
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Rebuke For Wavinya Over Assembly Funds
By Martin Masai Senate Orders Kuyu to Release Witheld Assembly Funding The Senate Committee on Devolution has ordered Machakos County Finance CEC Muia Kuyu to immediately release withheld funds to the County Assembly, terming the move illegal and an abuse of office. The Committee declared that the withholding of funds was “unjustified and legally unfounded,”…
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Banker bites Off Tutor’s Ear in Brawl
WOTE, MAKUENI By Anchor Correspondent A celebrated high school teacher in Wote Town is nursing more than just a broken heart—he’s nursing a missing ear—after a love triangle spiralled into a weekend of wild drama and flying body parts.The incident unfolded at a well-known entertainment spot in Wote, where a popular Kamba musician had revellers…
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Is Machakos County Grinding to a Halt?
By Anchor Writer Machakos County is in the grip of a slow but certain paralysis. A combination of administrative neglect, logistical breakdown, and what insiders describe as “critical infrastructure collapse” has left county departments unable to perform even the most basic functions. From the outside, county offices may appear open — but inside, there’s little…
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Ngovi Beats Wavinya at Her Own Game
By Anchor Writer Ex Chief of Staff Rescues his Thwake Resort in Daring Move In a classic case of the student outsmarting the master, Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s top advisor, Lawrence Ngovi, has served his boss a cold dish of strategy—Thwake style. Sources whisper that as the Governor’s close emissaries buzzed around a local bank…
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Kenya Editors Elect Fresh Leadership
Editors’ Guild Team Takes Office as Constitutional Review Begins By Anchor Writer The Kenya Editors’ Guild today ushered in a new leadership team following elections held virtually during its Special General Meeting. The new Executive Council will serve a two-year term ending in 2027. Zubeida Koome of KTN News was re-elected President, beating Citizen TV…
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County Grapples with High Mother- Child HIV infections Rate
By Anchor Health Writer Machakos County is facing a concerning maternal-to-child HIV transmission rate of 14.7%, significantly higher than the national average of 8.5%, even as overall prevalence in the county remains relatively low at 4.5%. The alarming statistic was spotlighted during the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva, where UNAIDS pledged increased technical and…