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Kitui Assembly Orders Inquiry Into Staff Hiring by Public Service Board
By Anchor Writers The Kitui County Assembly has opened an inquiry into the recruitment of county government employees amid allegations of geographical imbalance, nepotism, favouritism, corruption and lack of transparency in the hiring…
County Workers Stage Salary Parade Over Delayed Salaries
Governor Wavinya’s Govenment Awarded by Bajeti Hub 'for its commitment to transparency and accountability in Public Finance Management' By Anchor Writers Machakos County workers today flexed their muscles in a protest parade to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Assembly Approves Half of Sh 17.8b Budget Amid Mutanu Dilemma
By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Assembly today approved half of the county's proposed Sh17.797 billion budget for the 2026/2027 financial year. Yet, the approval provides a temporary financial lifeline to the county…
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…
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…
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)…
Wavinya Moves to End Matatu Row Amid Graft Claims
By Lilian Katheke Calm has returned to the Machakos Bus Park after Governor Wavinya Ndeti intervened in a dispute that had prompted matatu operators to boycott the facility over the controversial allocation of…
Mutanu is Fired
Wavinya dismisses Finance CECM Mutanu, Bringing Assembly Impeachment Process to an Abrupt End By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has dismissed County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance, Economic Planning, Revenue Management…
Court Frees 10 Suspects on Bond as Matee is Buried
By Anchor Reporter Mavoko court today released on bond 10 suspects linked to investigations into the murder of Machakos County IT officer Alphonse Mbune Matee as he was being buried. The officer was…
New Twist as Woman is Arrested in Matee Murder Probe
Probe Widens as 10 Suspects Held for 10 Days By The Anchor Reporter The investigation into the brutal murder of Machakos County Government officer Alphonse Matee has taken a new twist after detectives…
Valuation Roll Frozen as Wavinya, Assembly Row Escalates
By Martin Masai The simmering dispute between the Machakos County Assembly and the County Executive over the implementation of a new property valuation roll has escalated dramatically after the Assembly issued a public…