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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…
DCI Boss Admits that Policemen Killed Dr Mutiso
By The Anchor Writers The Directorate of Criminal Investigations has placed rogue police officers at the centre of the meticulously planned assassination of psychiatrist Dr Victoria Nthunya Mutiso. He revealed that a serving…
By-election Beckons as Kitui Swears in New Assembly Clerk
By Anchor Writers Harrison Maluki Mawia has officially assumed office as the substantive Clerk of the Kitui County Assembly and Secretary to the County Assembly Service Board after taking the Oath of Office…
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…
Judge’s Tough Stance Against Menstrual Verification at Workplace
Humiliation in the Name of Discipline: Court Declares Menstrual Verification Unconstitutional By Anchor Writer | The Employment and Labour Relations Court has delivered one of Kenya's most significant workplace rights decisions, declaring that…
Shame of 25-Year Case, 2 Murders, Police and Courts
By A Special Correspondent Display of Institutional Failure:How a Matrimonial Property Dispute Escalated into a Criminal Enterprise What began as the collapse of a marriage in 2001 has evolved into one of Kenya's…
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…
Spotlight on Police as OCS is Arrested in Botched Kidnap, Robbery Saga
By Anchor Writers A senior police officer has been arrested after he was linked to the alleged kidnapping of a couple who were reportedly abducted while delivering an online order in Baba Dogo.…
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…
Job Description Missing as Ex KEMSA Boss Takes the Plunge
By Martin Masai There comes a time when purpose calls louder than personal comfort.And then there comes a time when every politician posts exactly that unmistakable sentence. Dr Andrew Mutava Mulwa (Pictured above)…