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Itimboni Residents Demand New Cement Plant Documents
By Anchor Writer A proposed industrial development in the Kyumbi–Itimboni area of Machakos County has come under scrutiny, with residents demanding full disclosure of approvals, plans and public participation documents before the project…
Kitui Chief Officer, Six Company Directors Arrested in Sh 17m Scandal
By Anchor Writers The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested Kitui County Chief Officer for Agriculture and Fisheries Gladys Mami Kivoto( Pictured below) and six company directors over an alleged conflict of…
Politicians Tamed as Thousands Bid Farewell to Veteran Teacher
By Anchor Writers Thousands of mourners converged at Kwa Kavoo Village in Machakos County on Saturday to pay their last respects to retired teacher Florence Munyiva Mbubi(Pictured below). Her life of service in…
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…
Lower Eastern Lawyers Boycott Courts Over Alleged Graft
By Anchor Writers Lawyers in Machakos, Kitui and other parts of the Lower Eastern region have joined colleagues across Kenya in a nationwide boycott of court proceedings called by the Law Society of…
Court Detains Suspected Killer of Wife,Two Children
By Anchor Writer A 23-year-old man accused of murdering his wife and their two children has been detained for five more days to allow police to complete investigations.Amos Nyingi Wambua was arraigned before…
Itimboni Residents Mull Court Action Over County Approvals
By Martin Masai The long-running dispute over the proposed cement manufacturing plant at Itimboni has taken a fresh legal turn after residents demanded that the Machakos County Government produce all approvals and planning…
Three Arson Suspects Bonded Over Machakos School Dorm Fire
By Anchor Writer Three minors charged with burning down a dormitory at Machakos School have each been released on a bond of KSh 400,000. Machakos Chief Magistrate Dorcas Endoo Machakos Chief Magistrate Dorcas…
Three Machakos School Boys Charged Over Dormitory Fire
By Anchor Writers Magistrate Defers Taking Plea Due to Absence of First Accused A silhouette of three teenagers Three boys have been charged before the Machakos Law Courts in connection with the fire…
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…
Wavinya Moves to End Matatu Row Amid Graft Claims
By Lilian Katheke Calm has returned to the Machakos Bus Park after Governor Wavinya Ndeti intervened in a dispute that had prompted matatu operators to boycott the facility over the controversial allocation of…
Two Years On, Family Awaits Justice as Pain Remains Fresh
By Lillian Katheke Tears, prayers and memories filled the home of Erickson Mutisya's family in Kisekini, Machakos County, as relatives, friends and fellow parents gathered to mark two years since the young man's…
A Dormant County Environment Committee Amid Itimboni Crisis
By Anchor Writer Fresh questions have emerged over whether the failure by the Machakos County Government to operationalize a legally required County Environment Committee may have contributed to the escalating dispute surrounding the…
Pressure Mounts to Force Cement Factory on Itimboni Villagers
By Anchor Writers A long-running dispute over the proposed Lambodat Cement Company plant at Itimboni in Mavoko has taken a fresh twist after residents accused security officers and the project's proponents of frustrating…