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Salary Crisis Erupts Days After Wavinya’s Deceptive Address
By Martin Masai Eleven Days into March, February Salaries are Yet to be Paid after the Governor Declared Delays are Over Days after Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti confidently told the County Assembly that…
Debate as Makueni Orders Staff to Take Oath of Secrecy
By Martin Masai A directive requiring county staff in Makueni County to take an oath of secrecy has ignited a debate about transparency, public accountability and constitutional rights within devolved government. The order,…
Machakos County Procurement Scandal: EACC Investigates Staff
By Martin Masai theanchormedia.org Anti Graft War Widens in Machakos as Scores of County Staff Record Statements Over ‘Air Supplies’ Scandal A quiet procession has been streaming into Kiamba Mall, 3rd Floor, Machakos…
Drama as 24 MCAs Boycott Wavinya Lobbying Invite
By Martin Masai A political storm struck Machakos County this evening after 24 Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) boycotted a deceptively convened “consultative” meeting by Governor Wavinya Ndeti. The invite to the…
No Bail for Three Death Row Convicts Who Attacked Journalist’s Kin
Justice Cherere By Anchor Writer The High Court in Nyamira has dismissed attempts by three convicts to be released on bail, pending the hearing and determination of their appeal. “In the totality of…
Makueni Workers Give 48-Hour Ultimatum to Mutula Jr.
Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. Union says “Dysfunctional” Medical Insurance Cover Assures Workers more of Death than Life By Anchor Writers The Kenya County Government Workers Union (KCGWU), Makueni County Branch, has issued a…
VERBATIM: Judge Pins Down Wavinya’s Flaws
Editor’s Note: In a judgment that draws a hard line against arbitrary executive power by GovernorWavinyaNdeti, the Employment and Labour Relations Court Judge Stella Rutto ruled that the dismissal of Machakos County Executive…
Judge Awards Kes. 4.2m Damages to Minister Wavinya Sacked Illegally
By Martin Masai Justice Rutto The orders A definitive court ruling has sent shockwaves through the Wavinya Ndeti Government over irregularly dismissal of a Minister.Justice Stella Rutto declared the dismissal of former Education…
Six Machakos Water Companies’ MDs Forced Out in Epic Fight for Millions
Water Bosses on '30- Day Compulsory Leave' That Will Never End By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has ordered all managing directors of county-owned water companies to proceed on compulsory leave. Mr…
You Have Collapsed County Health Systems, Nzioka Waita Tells Wavinya
By Lilian Munini Healthcare system failure under Governor Wavinya Ndeti is the result of broken systems, her main challenger Nzioka Waita charged today. https://videopress.com/v/qU60xcGa?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&controls=false&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Mr Waita during the Podcast Waita accused the county…
Staff Go for Holidays Without Pay, County Scales Down Operations
By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Government has announced a scale-down of operations over the December holiday period. Dr. Muya Ndambuki: Memo was Silent on December salaries The move unfolds against a familiar…
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…
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…
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: Who Should Go First? Sadja, Wife or Maeke?
By Lily Munini It is not every day that a political party writes a stinging “Notice to Show Cause” to its only elected representative in an entire county. Mr Sadja(R), when he unveiled…