Year: 2025
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Plant-based Eating Triggers A Dietary Revolution
Ethics at the Dinner Table, Health, Sustainability, and a Call to Conscience By Mercy Mwongeli, The Anchor Health Writer A quiet revolution is simmering in kitchens, dining halls, and supermarket aisles across the globe. Plant-based eating—once seen as the preserve of a niche few—is fast becoming a mainstream movement, driven by health concerns, environmental urgency,…
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Kiusya Gets Fresh Orders Against Assembly, 35 MCAs
Court Halts Fresh Impeachment Bid Against Machakos Speaker Amid Assembly Chaos By Martin MasaiMachakos, Kenya – May 12, 2025 The High Court in Machakos has once again stepped in to halt renewed efforts to remove Speaker Anne Mwikali Kiusya from office. Lady Justice Rhoda Rutto issued a second round of conservatory orders that have effectively…
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Court Order Stalls Kitui Assembly Work
By Martin Masai Speaker Kevin Kinengo Declines to Submit Annual Budget Estimates to an Assembly Committee to Obey a Court Order as Kitui MCAs Resume Plenary SittingsTuesday, 7th May 2025 – Kitui Town The County Assembly of Kitui reconvened today after its April 2025 recess under the cloud of a court order that has effectively…
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Parents Demand Probe Amid Turmoil in Schools
By Wambua Love in Mbooni Parents of Usalala Secondary School in Mbooni East, Makueni County, are calling on the Ministry of Education to urgently investigate the school’s leadership, citing allegations of mismanagement, intimidation, and exclusion of key stakeholders.In a press briefing on Monday, concerned parents accused the school’s principal of misappropriating school funds and sidelining…
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OCS Shoots Villager to Rescue Goat Theft Suspects
By Rose Mwangangi,www.theanchormedia.org A 40-year-old man is recovering from a gunshot wound after the Officer Commanding Station (OCS) of Migwani Police Station opened fire during a chaotic rescue of two suspected goat thieves in Itoloni, Mwingi West, on Monday night. Eyewitnesses reported that angry residents confronted police officers who arrived to rescue two women allegedly…
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Itimboni:Joy as Firm’s License Is Suspended
Cement Factory Construction Suspended After Itimboni Community ProtestBy Anchor WriterItimboni, Machakos County – May 6, 2025 The Machakos County Government has suspended the construction of a controversial cement factory in Itimboni village following sustained community resistance over environmental and safety concerns. In a letter issued yesterday, County Executive for Lands, Housing, Urban Development and Energy,…
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Healthy Eating Key to Managing Type 2 Diabetes
By Mercy Mwongeli [Published by The Anchor | Health & Wellness]Type 2 diabetes is no longer just a condition of old age. It is now a growing global epidemic affecting people of all ages, driven by sedentary habits and poor nutrition. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it ranks second among global nutrition-related concerns—right…
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Twists and Turns in Battle to Oust Speaker
An Analysis By Martin Masai Battle lines are now clearly drawn in Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s quest to overrun the legislative authority of Machakos County. The confrontation escalated on Wednesday after her administration formally entered appearance in two petitions, setting in motion an intense legal contest aimed at unseating Speaker Anne Kiusya and consolidating executive control…
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Assembly in Limbo as Court Extends Orders
State of Paralysis at the Machakos County Assembly Deepens as parties dig in By Martin Masai Paralysis in the Machakos County Assembly is set to continue for at least another month after the High Court today extended orders barring the impeachment of Speaker Ann Kiusya. Justice Rhoda Ruto, presiding over the matter, reaffirmed and extended…
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Murkomen: No Mercy For Organ Traffickers
By MINA MediaApril 26, 2025 Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen today vowed swift action against anyone implicated in the ongoing probe into alleged human trafficking and illegal organ harvesting in the country. Speaking in Machakos during the final day of his Lower Eastern tour, the CS emphasized that those found culpable will…