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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…
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…
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…
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,…
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. Governor Wavinya presents a trophy to…
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. Governor Wavinya Today marks the 15th…
Rot at the Top: The Sorry State of County Accounting Laid Bare
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai COB Exposes Litany of Machakos Budget Failures, Showing Wavinya’s Government on the Brink The Controller of Budget (COB) has torn apart Machakos County’s 2025/26 financial blueprint, exposing Governor Wavinya…
Exposing Wavinya’s Glaring Incompetence and convoluted Priorities
By Martin Masai COB Slams Machakos Over Unsustainable Budget, Questions Development PrioritiesThe Controller of Budget has issued a damning verdict on Machakos County’s approved 2025/26 budget, warning that glaring gaps and questionable allocations…
COB Freezes Wavinya Budget, Cites Kuyu’s Chaotic Actions
By Martin Masai Machakos, Saturday, August 30, 2025 — The Controller of Budget has frozen approval of the Machakos County Government’s budget after Finance CECM Onesmus Kuyu failed to provide comprehensive and time-bound…
Is there a hidden Dagger Beneath Wavinya’s Coat?
When the dagger is hidden in the lining of your own coat... If there’s one piece of wisdom that’s travelled generations in this part of the world, it's this: “Kikulacho ki nguoni mwako.”…
Garbage,Graft, and Governance: How Machakos Dug itself into a Dump
NEWS ANALYSIS- UPDATED How The Anchor reported the garbage crisis By Anchor Writer Uncollected garbage in Mlolongo and Kiembeni areas in Mavoko and Machakos Municipalities, respectively The unraveling state of solid waste management…
Solid Waste Mounts as Kuyu Squezes Budget
Uncollected garbage in a Machakos Street. Machakos Faces Solid Waste Management Crisis Amid Budget Cuts and Mismanagement AllegationsBy Martin Masai Machakos County is grappling with a worsening solid waste management crisis following massive…
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…
Mutula Signs Off Ward Projects in Grand Show
By A Special Writer WOTE Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. has officially signed off on the 2025/2026 ward development projects, following an unprecedented public participation exercise that drew over 39,000 residents across the…
Machakos Deputy Majority Leader Quits
By Anchor Writer Machakos County Assembly Majority Leader Mr. Jackson Ndaka today announced his resignation from the position. Mr Ndaka Ndaka cited frustrations with the county government’s failure to fulfill its development promises.…
Examining Devolution: Are We Due For Last Phase?
COMMENTARY By Kioko Wa Luka Twelve years since the birth of devolution under the 2010 Constitution, Kenyans are faced with a sobering reality. While devolution has undeniably brought government closer to the people…