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Wavinya Finally Begins Paying November Salaries For County Workers
By Anchor Writer Machakos County Government began paying November salaries on 16 December, a day after The Anchor published a report on the arrears owed to County staff. Governor Wavinya holding her latest…
County Workers Face Gloom Over Delayed Pay as Wavinya Splashes Cash
Delayed Salaries, Power Cut, Ballooning Debt, Tournaments and a Children’s Party Expose the County’s Contradictions By Anchor Writers Machakos County staff are trudging into mid-December without their November salaries, the silence from the…
Five Suspended as Wavinya Pushes to Privatise Garbage Collection
Garbage Crisis Deepens, as Governor Overrides Mandate of Municipalities By Mary Munini https://videopress.com/v/x796vh8a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Governor Wavinya when she claimed to be in possession of an audit report detailing how county staff pilfer fuel intended…
Garbage,Fuel and Power:Why Filth is Uncollected in Machakos County
By Martin Masai A deepening garbage crisis has brought Machakos County’s three municipalities—Machakos, Mavoko and Tala–Kangundo—to a near standstill, exposing what insiders describe as a carefully engineered collapse of public service delivery to…
Unpaid Power Bills Push Machakos County Structures into Darkness
By Martin Masai The Machakos White House: Electricity was disconnected over one month ago due to a pile up of bills from KPLC Machakos County has been thrown into literal and administrative darkness …
Assembly Rejects Executive Reports in Unprecedented Rebuke
By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Assembly today turned into a chamber of frustration as Members dismissed nearly every report tabled by the Executive as hollow, incomplete, and unfit for purpose.In a day-long…
When Every Plaque Has a Story: Wavinya’s Year of Awards
By Regina Muneene Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has had a bumper year for mantelpiece maintenance. Governor Wavinya receiving her award.Left: Her coterie of confidants during her 58th birthday bash in Kigali Between regional…
Uniforms Saga: A Peep into County’s Leadership and Integrity Standards
ANALYSIS:By Anchor Writers: Gov.Wavinya wearing a piece of unpaid uniforms, Letter of Offer and letter of Notification of Intent The County Government of Machakos flat denial over allegations of non-payment linked to the…
Behind a Comedian’s Claim Lies a Deeper,Troubling County debt Crisis
By Martin Masai The public exchange between comedian and businessman Sammy Kioko and the Machakos County Government over a claimed Kes 19 million debt has peeled back the curtain on a deeper fiscal…
Maeke fined Kes 150k, or Lose Seat in Default
Party Declares Maeke Disloyal, But CCU Nominee Retains SeatBy Martin Masai | The AnchorMachakos, October 30, 2025The Chama Cha Uzalendo Disciplinary Committee has ruled that Kalama Ward MCA Boniface Maeke Musyimi acted disloyally…
Sex Traders Stage Bold ARVs Shortage Protest, Demand Action
Protesters captured at the Mtito Andei march. By Robert Muuo Commercial sex workers in Mtito Andei Market, Kibwezi Sub-county, have staged a bold daytime protest over the growing shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs…
CCU-MCA War Opens Fresh Wavinya,Kiusya Fight
By Anchor Writers Mr Maeke CCU Finds Kalama MCA Maeke Guilty of Disloyalty as Vacancies Loom for 8 Machakos MCAsMachakos, October 13, 2025 —A new front has opened in the escalating power struggle…
How Wiper Tour Became Theatre of Internal Squabbling
https://videopress.com/v/zS72lKHx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The Wiper Patriotic Front's weekend tour of Machakos and Kitui counties, led by Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, exposed deep fissures within a party long considered the political soul of the region.The visits,…
A Three-Year Vacuum by Design — and the Price is Paid in Human Lives
The Anchor Comment For three years, Machakos County has operated its hospitals without Boards of Management — a governance void that is not by accident but by design. It is a deliberate vacuum,…
Patients Skip Dialysis as County Sweeps Away SHA Millions
By Martin Masai Tensions are boiling in Machakos over Sh130 million disbursed by the Social Health Authority (SHA) to county hospitals — money that was meant to save lives but is now at…
Makueni, UK to Drive Clean Energy Through Landmark Policy
By Anchor Writers Makueni County today unveiled a landmark County Energy Policy that sets out a bold framework to transform the region’s energy landscape through clean, sustainable, and inclusive solutions. Governor Mutula, during…
Kitui Speaker Quits Wiper NEC as MCAs Plot Impeachment
By Martin Masai Wiper Showdown in Kitui Amid Machakos Assembly Turmoil Kitui County Assembly Speaker Kevin Kinengo Katisya has dramatically resigned from the National Executive Council (NEC) of the Wiper Patriotic Front, citing…