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Judge Upholds Suspension of 14 MCAs,Orders their Return to Assembly
By Anchor Writer Machakos, September 18, 2025 — The High Court in Machakos today upheld a preliminary objection filed by Speaker Anne Kiusya and former clerk Kelvin Mutui, ruling that fourteen suspended Members…
New Team Takes Over at Katelembu Society
By Anchor Writers Katelembu Farming and Cooperative Society today ushered in a new era of leadership after a court-ordered Special General Meeting (SGM) swept aside the long-standing team led by Wilson Muema, popularly…
Judge Declines to Halt Machakos Speaker’s Impeachment Process
By Martin Masai Trouble for Wavinya as Party Realignments Tilt Assembly Numbers in Favour of Speaker Kiusya The High Court in Machakos has refused to block an impeachment motion against Speaker Anne Mwikali…
Fresh Elections Ordered at Katelembu Society Amid Epic Land Grabbing
By Lilian Munini Mr Muema All eyes are on the controversial Katelembu Athiani Muvuti Co-operative Society ahead of a Special General Meeting (SGM) with elections as the only agenda. In a notice signed…
Katelembu: The Anchor Factbox
Tribunal Ruling on Cooperative ElectionsDate of Judgment: August 7, 2025Case Reference: Nrb. CTC No. E177 of 2025Tribunal Bench:J. Mwaratsama – Deputy ChairpersonBeatrice Sawe – MemberPhilip Gichuki – MemberMichael Chesikaw – MemberFridah Lotiyia –…
Katelembu:Why Cooperatives Court Vetoed Sham Katelembu Elections
By Martin Masai Day When A Cooperatives Commissioner Conducted Elections Where Non-members Were Elected The Cooperative Tribunal has nullified elections held on February 20, 2025, by a contested society, citing flawed vetting, participation…
UPDATE: New Assembly Clerk Gazetted as Kiusya Cracks the Whip
By Anchor Writers Machakos, Tuesday — A shake-up has taken place at the Machakos County Assembly with Mr. Peter Mbatha assuming office as Acting Clerk, replacing Acting Clerk Mr. Dennis Mutui.The changes were…
Makueni Father Gets Life Jail Term for Defiling Four Children
By Wambua Love KILUNGU, Makueni County — A Kilungu court has sentenced a 56-year-old man to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of serial sexual offences against four children, including his own. The…
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…
EDITORIAL COMMENT:
Mutula’s Slap From the Bench and the Rotten Politics of Wote Municipal Board When a High Court judge dismantles your flagship urban board and declares it “unconstitutional, unprocedural, null and void,” it is…
Editorial Comment
Devolution’s Greatest Shame: When Counties Parade Stolen Glory The 8th Devolution Conference in Homa Bay was meant to be a stocktaking of Kenya’s most ambitious governance experiment. Under the banner “For the People,…
The Anchor Factbox:
Justice Teresia Mumbua Matheka Key Failings Cited by the Court:No Proof of Proper Nominations: No signed or stamped evidence that the legally required professional, private sector, informal sector, and neighborhood associations actually nominated…
High Court Collapses Gov.Mutula’s Wote Municipal Board
Why the Fall of the Board was Inevitable By Martin Masai with Daniel MutindaGovernor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr’s Wote Municipal Board is in a disarray after the High Court in Makueni declared its recruitment…
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…
Assembly Approves Move to Evict Court, Fire Station from Plot
By The Anchor Reporter The Machakos County Assembly has adopted a decisive report that classifies the Judiciary and County Fire Department as irregular occupants of prime public land earmarked for the Assembly’s own…
High Court bars County Governments From Collecting Borehole Levies
A Borehole rig in action- file picture By Martin Masai The High Court of Kenya has delivered a sweeping conservatory order halting the enforcement of county laws that impose fees, levies, or permits…
Thange Oil Spill: A Detailed Case of Impunity and Human Rights Abuse
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai, EDITOR/PUBLISHER A decade-long cry for justice by the people of Thange in Kibwezi East, Makueni County, has finally been answered. How the Daily Nation reported the matter in 2015…