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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…
How Wiper Tour Became Theatre of Internal Squabbling
https://videopress.com/v/zS72lKHx?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The Wiper Patriotic Front's weekend tour of Machakos and Kitui counties, led by Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, exposed deep fissures within a party long considered the political soul of the region.The visits,…
A Three-Year Vacuum by Design — and the Price is Paid in Human Lives
The Anchor Comment For three years, Machakos County has operated its hospitals without Boards of Management — a governance void that is not by accident but by design. It is a deliberate vacuum,…
Patients Skip Dialysis as County Sweeps Away SHA Millions
By Martin Masai Tensions are boiling in Machakos over Sh130 million disbursed by the Social Health Authority (SHA) to county hospitals — money that was meant to save lives but is now at…
Makueni, UK to Drive Clean Energy Through Landmark Policy
By Anchor Writers Makueni County today unveiled a landmark County Energy Policy that sets out a bold framework to transform the region’s energy landscape through clean, sustainable, and inclusive solutions. Governor Mutula, during…
Mathuki Fights Rape Claims Amid Victim’s Cries for Justice
There are no active investigations for rape. Police now target the victim for alleged blackmail. The hunter has become the hunted
Machakos County Rates Itself Highly, But the Ground is Strikingly Different
By Martin Masai As Machakos County celebrates glowing performance ratings of its County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) and Chief Officers, the assessment reads like an alternate universe. Governor Wavinya presents a trophy to…
Exposing Wavinya’s Glaring Incompetence and convoluted Priorities
By Martin Masai COB Slams Machakos Over Unsustainable Budget, Questions Development PrioritiesThe Controller of Budget has issued a damning verdict on Machakos County’s approved 2025/26 budget, warning that glaring gaps and questionable allocations…
Nurses Strike Ends, Wavinya Caves in To Strict Implementation Timelines
Union,County, and Labour officials immediately after the signing of a deal to end the strike By Anchor WritersMachakos, Thursday, August 21, 2025 — The Machakos County Government has finally bowed to pressure from…
Wavinya Fans Flames of Nurses Strike, Links them to Politicians
Governor Wavinya during the press briefing, flanked by County Secretary Dr Muya Ndambuki(L) Health Minister Justus Kasivu and Finance Minister Onesmus Kuyu on the Governor’s right and extremely right respectively. By Martin MasaiMachakos…
Nurses Strike Enters 10th Day as Doctors Prepare to Down Tools
Machakos Health Crisis Deepens as a Cornered Governor Runs Out of Tricks By Anchor Writer Machakos County is staring at a complete shutdown of its health system as doctors prepare to down their…
No Let-Up in Nurses Strike as Waita Slams Upbeat Wavinya
By Anchor Writers Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has moved to project confidence and defend her administration’s record on nurses’ welfare, even as the strike by the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN) continues…
Mother,Baby Die in Private Clinic Amid Machakos Nurses Strike
By Anchor Writer Kathiani, Machakos County — Kathiani Hospital, one of the top Machakos County Public Hospitals paralyzed by ongoing strike. Tragedy struck in Isyukoni Shopping Centre on yesterday morning when a 32-year-old…
A Governor Dances, Nurses Strike, Union Fights and Patients Suffer
Governor Wavinya at the ongoing Devolution Conference in Homa Bay County. By Anchor WritersThe standoff between Machakos County Government and striking nurses has escalated after the Kenya National Union of Nurses (KNUN), Machakos…
Kawaya’s Day of Reckoning as Irate Youth Boo Him to Silence
When the crowd turns, even the microphone can’t save you. By Marion Mbithe Mwala MP Vincent Musyoka, better known as Kawaya, walked into Machakos Teachers’ Training College on Friday to sell government policies.…
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’s Scorecards: Malombe Counts, Wavinya Waits
By Martin Masai Kitui Governor Malombe(R) is welcomed to the Assembly by Speaker Kevin Kinengo(L) Kitui Governor Julius Makau Malombe stood before the County Assembly on Tuesday and delivered what can only be…