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Speaker: Why Governor’s Choice is Bad For Her, But Good For Machakos
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai There is a delicious irony in the raging Machakos budget war.Governor Wavinya Ndeti now speaks of Speaker Anne Kiusya as though she were an obstacle that suddenly descended upon…
County Budget Crisis Deepens as Speaker Exposes Illegal Spending Plans
By Martin Masai The Machakos County budget impasse has taken a new turn after County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya declared Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s memorandum on the Sh17.797 billion Appropriation Bill inadmissible and returned…
Waita: Wavinya Has Right to Reject Budget, not storm County Assembly
By Steff Ndei Machakos gubernatorial aspirant Mr. Nzioka Waita (Pictured below) has accused Governor Wavinya Ndeti of undermining constitutional order following Monday’s confrontation at the County Assembly, arguing that while the governor was…
Drama as Wavinya Storms Assembly Offices to Deliver Memorandum on Rejected Budget
By Anchor Writers There was drama at the Machakos County Assembly today when Governor Wavinya Ndeti, accompanied by County Secretary Dr Muya Ndambuki and heavily built county inspectorate officers, stormed the Assembly offices…
How Assembly Deleted Wikwatyo Fund, MYS from Approved Budget
By Martin Masai Much as the Machakos County Assembly approved a Ksh17.797 billion budget for 2026/27, the fine print reveals a total eclipse of Governor Wavinya Ndeti's pet two programmes — Machakos Youth…
Your Budget Vote is Devilish, Wavinya Tells Assembly
Governor Blows Hot and Cold Over Elephant in the Room: The Mutanu Question By Anchor Writer The war between Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti (Pictured below) and the County Assembly has escalated, with the…
Assembly Approves Half of Sh 17.8b Budget Amid Mutanu Dilemma
By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Assembly today approved half of the county's proposed Sh17.797 billion budget for the 2026/2027 financial year. Yet, the approval provides a temporary financial lifeline to the county…
Budget Crisis Deepens as Assembly Rejects Mutanu, Demands her Removal
By Martin Masai The constitutional standoff between Governor Wavinya Ndeti and the Machakos County Assembly has escalated after Speaker Anne Kiusya formally declared that the Assembly no longer recognizes Catherine Mutanu Raphael as…
Civil Society Gives Assembly, Executive, 24Hrs to End Budget Stalemate
By Anchor Writers The civil society organisations also cited the Constitution, the County Governments Act and the Public Finance Management Act, arguing that the County Assembly has a constitutional duty to consider and…
Why Wavinya’s Budget is Stuck at County Assembly
Machakos Majority Leader Accuses Nzioka Waita of Engineering Budget Committee Stalemate By Anchor Writers The political standoff over the passage of Machakos County's 2026/27 Budget has taken a dramatic turn after Majority Leader…
Kitui MCAs Scrutinize Budget, Machakos Mired in Power Struggles
By Anchor Writers An Assembly Sectoral Committee in session today to interrogate budget proposals. Below, Kitui Finance CECM Peter Kilonzo during the exercise. While the Machakos County Assembly remains consumed by a bitter…
Questions As Wavinya Reinstates Mutanu, Cites Court Order
News Analysis By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti today announced that she has reinstated Catherine Mutanu as County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance after being served with what she describes as…
‘I Won’t Commit An Illegal Budget’,Kitui Speaker Tells Gov. Malombe
GOVERNANCE Speaker Kinengo Draws the Line as Budget Standoff Deepens: "Government Cannot Function Through Illegalities" By Martin Masai A major showdown between the Kitui County Assembly and Governor Julius Malombe's administration has escalated…
Wavinya’s Budget Agenda Hits Wall in New Stalemate
By Martin Masai Governor Wavinya Ndeti's administration is facing its most formidable political challenge yet after a widening standoff with the Machakos County Assembly left critical budget business hanging in the balance. Governor…
Child Rights Concerns Emerge After Masii Police Station Detains 9-Year-Old Boy
By Anchor WritersApril 24, 2026 A troubling incident in Masii Market, Machakos County, has sparked outrage and renewed focus on the protection of children within the justice system, after a nine-year-old boy was…
Wavinya Caves in to Pressure,Pays Sh 10m to Movata Designs
By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has, at last, yielded to mounting public pressure and initiated payment—albeit partially—to Movata Fashions & Design. The firm supplied Inspectorate uniforms, a contract that had long…
DG Set to Wrestle Wavinya at the 2027 Ballot as Feuding Reaches Boiling Point
Governor Vs Deputy: When Power Turns Petty and Government Becomes a Siege By Martin Masai What is unfolding in Machakos is no longer a quiet disagreement between a governor and her deputy. No.…