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Questions as Kwa Kamare Police Station Opens
By Rose Mwangangi MWINGI, MAY 1, 2026The long-delayed opening of Kwa Kamare Police Station in Tseikuru Ward has now taken on a sharper, more urgent meaning. It comes not as a proactive security…
Mwingi: Fragile Peace Holds Amid Peace Meeting
Security Tightened asKitui and Garissa Leaders Step In to Calm Tensions By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi Security was heightened across Mwingi on today as authorities struggled to contain simmering tensions following deadly attacks…
33 Charged,10 Freed as Court Releases Fuel Protesters on Bail
By Lilian Munini April 27, 2026 Thirty-three protesters arrested during the April 21 demonstrations against rising fuel costs in Machakos have been released on cash bail. This comes as questions persist over the…
Chilling Details of Scale,Terrain,Distances and Roads in Mwingi Killings
By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi| The Anchor (www.theanchormedia.org) Fresh details have emerged from a police report that paints a chilling and methodical picture of the deadly ambush at Kwa Kamare in Tseikuru Sub-County,…
Bandits Kill Seven Mwingi Villagers, Torch Dwellings
By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi April 25, 2026 Seven villagers were on Saturday evening shot dead by armed camel herders in a brutal attack at Kwakamari Market along the Tseikuru–Mwingi road, plunging the…
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…
Police on the Spot Over Alarming Murder of Women in Kitui
By Anchor Writers | April 23, 2026 The County Government of Kitui County has condemned a disturbing wave of killings targeting women, describing the incidents as brutal, inhumane, and a direct violation of…
Detained: 43 Machakos Fuel Riot Suspects Denied Bail
Machakos, April 22, 2026 All 43 suspects arrested during Tuesday’s violent fuel protests in Machakos Town were denied bail today by a Machakos Court. This happened as new details emerged on the scale…
Machakos Shuts Down as Fuel Price Protests Spiral Into Street Chaos
By Anchor Writers | April 21, 2026 A wave of unrest swept through Machakos Town today, grinding commerce to a halt as protests over escalating fuel prices degenerated into violent confrontations between youths…
Painful Wait For Rex Masai Family as State Drafts Reparations Plan
By Martin Masai NAIROBI, April 21, 2026 — For the family of Rex Masai, the wait for justice has been long, painful, and uncertain. A young man from Kamuthanga in Machakos County, Masai…
Rotting in Cells for Nothing: High Court Exposes Illegal Detentions by Courts
By Everlyn Kwamboka The Constitution forbids remand for petty offences, yet many Kenyans still spend nights in cells awaiting decisions that should never put them there. A recent decision by the High Court…
Itimboni: Cement Firm Pushes Through Own ‘Public Participation’
By Anchor Writers Residents of Itimboni village are accusing project proponents of staging a questionable public participation exercise after a meeting officially cancelled by local administration was nevertheless conducted under heavy police presence.…
Ex Judge Mutava, Four Others Arrested in EACC Sting Operation
By Anchor Writer The Ex- Judge Joseph Mbalu Mutava, Lawyer Kimani Wachira, Kitui politician Kennedy Ngumbau and Tom Awili released on Kes 200,000 bond each in Alleged KSh10.4 Million Bribery Scheme Former High…
Court Orders Return of Grabbed Police Commander’s Residence Land
By Anchor Writers Machakos Sub County Commander's residence EACC officials at the site of the recovered property yesterday A decisive High Court ruling has returned a prime parcel of land in Machakos Town…
Court Grants Three More Days to Detain Suspects in Bouncer’s Killing
By Anchor Writer The Machakos Senior Principal Magistrate today granted the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) a three-day extension to complete investigations into the murder of a Machakos bouncer- Dominic…
Shock as Mason Dies After Slitting his Throat with a Knife
MAKUENIBy Daniel KitukuA man died today morning after allegedly slitting his throat using a knife in Nthangu Sub-location, Wote Sub-County, Makueni County. Investigators at Work: -File Picture The act has left the entire…
Bouncer’s Killing: Main Suspect Hospitalised Under Police Guard
By Anchor Writers Pathologists today performed an autopsy on Dominic Munuve, the Machakos Town bouncer who was fatally shot in a bar brawl. Impounded: Detectives are holding this vehicle believed to have been…