Land & Environment.
Land, planning, water, pollution and conservation.
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…
Outrage as Chronic Water Shortage hits Wote Municipality
Wote Residents Demand Action in a Hard-Hitting Memo to WOWASCO By Wambua LoveWOTE, MAKUENI — A scathing public memorandum has been submitted to the Wote Water and Sewerage Company (WOWASCO), demanding immediate action…
High Court bars County Governments From Collecting Borehole Levies
A Borehole rig in action- file picture By Martin Masai The High Court of Kenya has delivered a sweeping conservatory order halting the enforcement of county laws that impose fees, levies, or permits…
Thange Oil Spill: A Detailed Case of Impunity and Human Rights Abuse
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai, EDITOR/PUBLISHER A decade-long cry for justice by the people of Thange in Kibwezi East, Makueni County, has finally been answered. How the Daily Nation reported the matter in 2015…
Judges Order KPC, NEMA to Pay Kes. 3.8b. Damages for Thange Oil Spill
WOTE,MAKUENI By Daniel Kituku Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) were today ordered to pay a total of Kes. 3.8 billion in compensation for environmental destruction at Thange…
Governor Mutula Bans Single-Use Plastics in County Offices, Events
By Anchor Writer WOTE, June 5, 2025 In a decisive move to combat plastic pollution, Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr has banned single-use plastics across all county offices and official functions, effective immediately.…
Report Says Most Makueni Water Projects are mishandled
By Anchor Writer Outcome Jolts Mutula to call for urgent reforms in Water Sector A staggering 90 percent of rural water projects in Makueni County are poorly managed, and a new governance survey…
Itimboni:Joy as Firm’s License Is Suspended
Mr Nganga and the suspension letter( L) Cement Factory Construction Suspended After Itimboni Community ProtestBy Anchor WriterItimboni, Machakos County – May 6, 2025The Machakos County Government has suspended the construction of a controversial…
The Voices Of Itimboni People Must Be Heard
Development Should Never Overshadow the People’s Willwww.theanchormedia.org When a developer forges community consent and begins drilling operations under cover of a holiday weekend, we must ask — where are the watchdogs? Where is…
Protest as Cement Firm Sets Up Within Residences
Cement Firm Defies Community, Begins Borehole Drilling in Itimboni The Itimboni Community voted to reject the construction of the cement factory in their neighbourhood on November 24, 2024, during a well attended public…
Mutula Sets UP Probe Into Thange Oil Spill
By A Special Correspondent County Technical Taskforce to Report Back In 30 Days Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. today unveiled a County Technical Working Team to assess the effects of oil spillage in Thange…
Ngai Ndethya Reserve Management Plan Gets Underway
By Onesmus Nzioka Gov.Mutula. KWS DG Launch Team to Draft Ngai Ndethya Reserve Land Management Plan The process of developing a Land Management Plan for Ngai Ndethya National Reserve is officially underway following…
Tension As NEMA Approves Go-downs
Samora Residents Rally Against Controversial Project in Mavoko Athi River – February 3, 2025 By Anchor Writer Residents of Samora, a quiet agricultural and residential community in Mavoko Sub-County, are raising alarms over…
Any Link to Crocodiles And Menstrual Blood?
Analysis: A Science-Based Perspective on Makueni's debate By Anchor Writers The Makueni County government’s pronounced caution to women from fetching water from River Athi during their menstrual periods has sparked widespread debate. It does…
Kwa Nzoongo Dam: New Hope or Big Lie?
By Anchor WriterKwa Nzoongo Earth Dam in Ivingoni/Nzambani Ward, Makueni County, stands as a beacon of hope—or so it seems. Works at Kwa Nzoongo Dam This Kes. 10 million projects, funded by the…
Move to transition County’s 40,000 Bikes
By Anchor Writer Machakos County mulls over an E-Boda Project Machakos County has initiated a conversation towards the launch of the E-Boda Project, an initiative aimed at replacing 40,000 fossil fuel-powered motorcycles with…
Makueni Sand Dams Bring Good Tidings
UN Mission Kenya to Replicate Makueni's Sand Dams Nationwide Principal Secretary for Devolution Terry Mbaika and Resident Cordinator UN Mission Kenya Mr. Stephen Jackson during the visit By Daniel KitukuMakueni County's success in…