Year: 2025
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Judge Upholds Suspension of 14 MCAs,Orders their Return to Assembly
By Anchor Writer Machakos, September 18, 2025 — The High Court in Machakos today upheld a preliminary objection filed by Speaker Anne Kiusya and former clerk Kelvin Mutui, ruling that fourteen suspended Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) prematurely rushed to court without first exhausting internal dispute mechanisms. The ruling effectively dismissed their petitions but…
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Machakos County Rates Itself Highly, But the Ground is Strikingly Different
By Martin Masai As Machakos County celebrates glowing performance ratings of its County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and Chief Officers, the assessment reads like an alternate universe. On the ground, hue and cry dominate: staff salaries remain unpaid as of September 18, the Finance Minister Onesmus Kuyu has been demoted, and 36 revenue officers were…
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New Team Takes Over at Katelembu Society
By Anchor Writers Katelembu Farming and Cooperative Society today ushered in a new era of leadership after a court-ordered Special General Meeting (SGM) swept aside the long-standing team led by Wilson Muema, popularly known as Muthungulule. Members voted in fresh faces to both the Management and Supervisory Committees, signaling a dramatic shift in the running…
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Judge Declines to Halt Machakos Speaker’s Impeachment Process
By Martin Masai Trouble for Wavinya as Party Realignments Tilt Assembly Numbers in Favour of Speaker Kiusya The High Court in Machakos has refused to block an impeachment motion against Speaker Anne Mwikali Kiusya. This comes as fortunes for Kiusya, marked by new alliances, a fresh clerk, and intense party whipping have dramatically shifted the…
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Machakos County Staff in Panic as Pay Delay Hits 15 Days: Wavinya,Muya Silent
By Anchor Writers Machakos county workers are in turmoil after salaries failed to hit their bank accounts, with September’s pay now delayed well past the mid-month mark. Today marks the 15th day of September with no official word on when staff will be paid — a delay insiders blame on frozen budget approvals and what…
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Wavinya Axes Kuyu From Finance in Dead -of-Night Cabinet Shake-up
By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti on Wednesday night dramatically fired her Finance, Economic Planning, and Revenue Management CECM Onesmus Muia Kuyu in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle seeking to recalibrating her embattled administration. In a circular dated September 11, 2025, and released close to midnight by the County Secretary Dr MuyaNdambuki, Kuyu was moved…
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Fresh Elections Ordered at Katelembu Society Amid Epic Land Grabbing
By Lilian Munini All eyes are on the controversial Katelembu Athiani Muvuti Co-operative Society ahead of a Special General Meeting (SGM) with elections as the only agenda. In a notice signed by Commissioner for Co-operative Development David K. Obonyo, members have been summoned to the Machakos Sub-County grounds on September 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m.…
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Governor Ndeti’s Graft Purge of 36 ‘Small Fish’ Sparks Outcry
By Anchor Writers Residents troll Governor Ndeti on Social Media, Demanding Action Against Rotten Big Fish Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti today stood before cameras to announce the suspension of 36 revenue clerks accused of fiddling with county finances. What she failed to disclose is that these officers had already been interdicted a week earlier in…
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Katelembu: The Anchor Factbox
Tribunal Ruling on Cooperative ElectionsDate of Judgment: August 7, 2025Case Reference: Nrb. CTC No. E177 of 2025Tribunal Bench:J. Mwaratsama – Deputy ChairpersonBeatrice Sawe – MemberPhilip Gichuki – MemberMichael Chesikaw – MemberFridah Lotiyia – MemberP. Aol – MemberKey Findings:The meeting of 20 February 2025 was legally convened by the Commissioner for Cooperative Development.Vetting of members was…
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Katelembu:Why Cooperatives Court Vetoed Sham Katelembu Elections
By Martin Masai Day When A Cooperatives Commissioner Conducted Elections Where Non-members Were Elected The Cooperative Tribunal has nullified elections held on February 20, 2025, by a contested society, citing flawed vetting, participation of non-members, and lack of an official register. In a judgment delivered virtually in Nairobi, Deputy Chairperson J. Mwaratsama and members Beatrice…