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Mbooni Girls Shut as Illness Strikes Over 200 Students
By Wambua Love Learning at Mbooni Girls Secondary School has been suspended indefinitely after a sudden outbreak of a suspected diarrheal illness left more than 200 students sick. The outbreak has sparked panic…
Storm as Wavinya Gazettes Board Members Without Assembly Vote
By Martin Masai Fresh Trouble for Governor as Illegal Municipal Board Members Gazettement Sparks Graft Claims Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration is facing a fresh political and legal storm following the gazettement of three…
Kiio Gives Camel Herders 4 Days to Leave Kitui County
INSECURITY IN MWINGI By Rose Mwangangi Kitui Senator Enock Kiio Wambua has given a 4-day ultimatum to camel herders to remove their livestock from farms across the county. The ultimatum signals a decisive…
Huge Mwingi Seizure Exposes New Task for The Beast of Burden
NEWS FEATURE: theanchormedia.org By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi For generations, the donkey has endured its place as the Beast of Burden in silence. The trailer impounded by a multi-agency team at Kanyonyoo on…
Prof Munavu: A Towering Scholar, Education Reformer Laid to Rest
By Anchor Writers Professor Raphael Munavu was today laid to rest at his home in Mbilini, Kangundo,Machakos County. His burial was a solemn ceremony that brought together family, scholars, government officials and education…
Matatu Saccos Return to Bus Park Amid Frail Truce
By Anchor Writer Park Reopens After County Move Forces MAKOS Out of Disputed Bays Machakos bus park on Friday morning before matatus returned to the busy passenger transport terminal Matatu operators on today…
Prof Munavu: A Towering Scholar, Education Reformer Laid to Rest
By Anchor Writers Professor Raphael Munavu was today laid to rest at his home in Mbilini, Kangundo,Machakos County. His burial was a solemn ceremony that brought together family, scholars, government officials and education…
Chaos at Bus Park as Saccos Vs County War Rages
MAKOS–MAMOA War Paralyses Machakos Transport as Court Orders Solve Nothing By Martin Masai A bitter supremacy battle between Makos Savings & Credit Co-operative Society Limited(Makos) and Machakos Matatu Owners Association (MAMOA) haa plunged…
From Truth to Tone: Lenaola Raises the Stakes for Kenya’s Media
By Martin Masai Nairobi, May 4, 2026 Standing before a hall of journalists, regulators, and jurists at Strathmore University, Supreme Court Judge Isaac Lenaola delivered a blunt and timely message. He told the…
To Secure Peace, Kenya Needs to Protect Journalism
By Zubeidah Kananu "We mark World Press Freedom Day this year under a theme that is both a mandate and a prayer: Shaping a Future at Peace." Peace, in the Kenyan context, cannot…
Kyua Village: Where Fire and Fury Go Hand in Hand
By Vincent Matheka in Yatta What is unfolding in Kyua is not just crime—it is a frightening collapse into raw, unchecked brutality.At Masaani Shopping Centre in Kyua Location, Katangi Division of Yatta, Machakos…
Seven Attack Victims Buried as Fears of Evictions, Attacks Soar
By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi May 2, 2026 | The Anchor Grief hung over Tseikuru in Mwingi North as seven victims of a recent bandit attack in Kwa Kamari were laid to rest…
Questions as Kwa Kamare Police Station Opens
By Rose Mwangangi MWINGI, MAY 1, 2026The long-delayed opening of Kwa Kamare Police Station in Tseikuru Ward has now taken on a sharper, more urgent meaning. It comes not as a proactive security…
Mwingi: Fragile Peace Holds Amid Peace Meeting
Security Tightened asKitui and Garissa Leaders Step In to Calm Tensions By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi Security was heightened across Mwingi on today as authorities struggled to contain simmering tensions following deadly attacks…
Minister Suspends Bus Park Slots Allocation Amid Sector Uproar
By Anchor WriterApril 29, 2026 A simmering dispute over the allocation of picking and dropping slots at the Machakos Bus Park has forced the County Government of Machakos to suspend the implementation of…
Day of Rage in Mwingi as Death Toll Hits Eight
By Rose Mwangangi | www.theanchormedia.org SWEEPING mix of tension, rage, grief, panic, and fear has gripped Mwingi town as protests, business closures, and sporadic violence erupted following a series of deadly attacks that…
Machakos County Assembly Put Off Over Wikwatyo Fund
By Martin Masai Machakos County Assembly sittings were suspended yesterday after a bitter dispute over a proposed KSh 1 billion fund linked to Governor Wavinya Ndeti A push to have it approved for…