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Eight Machakos Unions Give Ultimatum Over Salary Arrears
UPDATE: August Salaries To be Paid Tomorrow, Says County Secretary By Anchor Writers Eight trade unions representing Machakos County Government employees have issued the administration a 24-hour ultimatum to address salary arrears, delayed…
Speaker: Why Governor’s Choice is Bad For Her, But Good For Machakos
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai There is a delicious irony in the raging Machakos budget war.Governor Wavinya Ndeti now speaks of Speaker Anne Kiusya as though she were an obstacle that suddenly descended upon…
Mutula Shuffles Government as First Term Enters Final Stretch
By Kituku Mutinda Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. (Pictured below)today carried out a shake-up of his administration, moving several County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and Chief Officers across key departments as his first…
No Bond for Three Suspects in Machakos Tripple Murder Case
By Anchor Writer Three men accused of the murder of three young men who were attacked and burnt to death in a Machakos street have been denied bond. Judge Josphine Mong’are said the…
Union Issues Strike Notice Over Armed Attack on Protesting Clinical Staff
By Kituku Mutinda COGWU-K has demanded investigations into the violence and warned that it may mobilise its members if no action is taken The County Government Workers Union of Kenya has issued a…
Kyuso Court Jails Four for Life Over Violent Robbery
By Rose Mwangangi Four men were today sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kyuso court after being convicted of violently robbing a man of Sh900,000 in a daring broad-daylight attack in Kamuwongo. The…
The letters that said ‘consultation’ but declared war
By The Anchor Team The correspondence exchanged between Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti and County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya on September 1 carried the language of consultation but recorded the extent to which relations…
County Budget Crisis Deepens as Speaker Exposes Illegal Spending Plans
By Martin Masai The Machakos County budget impasse has taken a new turn after County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya declared Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s memorandum on the Sh17.797 billion Appropriation Bill inadmissible and returned…
Kenya Editors’ Guild Sounds Alarm Over Abduction of Standard Editor
By Anchor Writer The Kenya Editors Guild has demanded an immediate and independent investigation into the abduction of The Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich(Pictured below), warning that the incident represents a grave…
Former Machakos Chief Officer Charged Over Fake Degree
By Anchor Writers Former Machakos County Government Chief Officer Joseph Mutwiwa Munyao has finally been caught by the long arm of the law after being charged with allegedly using forged academic certificates to…
Waita: Wavinya Has Right to Reject Budget, not storm County Assembly
By Steff Ndei Machakos gubernatorial aspirant Mr. Nzioka Waita (Pictured below) has accused Governor Wavinya Ndeti of undermining constitutional order following Monday’s confrontation at the County Assembly, arguing that while the governor was…
Drama as Wavinya Storms Assembly Offices to Deliver Memorandum on Rejected Budget
By Anchor Writers There was drama at the Machakos County Assembly today when Governor Wavinya Ndeti, accompanied by County Secretary Dr Muya Ndambuki and heavily built county inspectorate officers, stormed the Assembly offices…
Dead Yet Still Held: Family’s Agony Over Sh 6M Bill After Dog Bite
By Mercy Musangi For more than five months, the family of Patrick Kasyoki Gosham and wife Mary Mutindi( Pictured below)has been unable to bury their daughter. Dorcas Ndunge died at AIC Kijabe Hospital…
How Assembly Deleted Wikwatyo Fund, MYS from Approved Budget
By Martin Masai Much as the Machakos County Assembly approved a Ksh17.797 billion budget for 2026/27, the fine print reveals a total eclipse of Governor Wavinya Ndeti's pet two programmes — Machakos Youth…
Kalembwani Crash:Death Toll hits Eight as Mystery Numbers Emerge
By Anchor Writers KCF 258Y Crash: A Tale of Mystery, Conflicting Numbers and Recklessness The tragedy of the KCF 258Y matatu crash in Makueni is becoming a tale of mystery, conflicting numbers and…
Overloaded Matatu Kills 7, Injures 64 on Dowry Mission
By Robert Muuo Seven people were killed and 64 others injured after a vehicle carrying excess passengers veered off the road and overturned at Kalembwani in Nzaui Sub-County, Makueni County. The accident occurred…
Your Budget Vote is Devilish, Wavinya Tells Assembly
Governor Blows Hot and Cold Over Elephant in the Room: The Mutanu Question By Anchor Writer The war between Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti (Pictured below) and the County Assembly has escalated, with the…