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Assembly in Financial Crisis Mode Amid Escalating Budget Standoff
By Anchor Writers The dispute between Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti and County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiasya regarding the county budget has intensified, jeopardising the Assembly's operations. This follows a failed mediation led by…
Health NGOs Asks: Who Controls Your Health Data?
HENNET Raises Privacy Concerns on Custody of Kenyans' Health Records By Mercy Musangi The rush to digitise Kenya’s health system must be matched by greater transparency over who collects, accesses, shares and controls…
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…
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…
Drama as Wavinya Storms Assembly Offices to Deliver Memorandum on Rejected Budget
By Anchor Writers There was drama at the Machakos County Assembly today when Governor Wavinya Ndeti, accompanied by County Secretary Dr Muya Ndambuki and heavily built county inspectorate officers, stormed the Assembly offices…
Dead Yet Still Held: Family’s Agony Over Sh 6M Bill After Dog Bite
By Mercy Musangi For more than five months, the family of Patrick Kasyoki Gosham and wife Mary Mutindi( Pictured below)has been unable to bury their daughter. Dorcas Ndunge died at AIC Kijabe Hospital…
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…
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)…
Court Frees Trio,Commits Three for Trial in Tripple Murder Case
By Anchor Writer The prosecution of three men over the brutal killing of three young men in Machakos has marked a significant milestone in the fight against mob justice, with the courts demonstrating…
Ngei’s Death: Why Kenya Must Urgently Confront Road Safety
Ngei's and Mumbua's deaths should therefore not simply become other entries in NTSA's annual statistics of dead men and women. By Martin Masai When businessman Stephen Ngei, the chairman of Makindu Motors, and…
Questions as Missing County IT Officer is Found Dead
By Martin Masai Alfonse Matee A cloud of mystery hangs over the death of a Machakos County Government employee whose body was recovered in Kyumbi barely a day after he disappeared, raising troubling…
Mystery as Four Bodies Exhumed From Mwingi’s Tyaa River Bank
By Rose Mwangangi A chilling discovery has shocked residents of Mwingi after the bodies of four men were found dumped in a thicket near the main road linking Mwingi town to Nairobi.The bodies…
Trader Detained for 21 Days in Shocking Triple Murder Probe
INVESTIGATION By The Anchor Writer A Machakos court today granted police permission to detain a person of interest for 21 days as investigations intensify into the brutal killing of three boys whose deaths…
Killed by a Mob, Failed by the State: Families Demand Answers in Triple Machakos Lynching.
By Martin Masai and Correspondents Machakos, Kenya — Three young men who were brutally killed by a mob at Crossroads in the middles of Machakos Municipality early last Sunday have been identified. This…
Success Triggers Admissions Crisis at Machakos Level Five Hospital
NEWS FEATURE By Anchor Writers For more than three months, admission at Machakos Level 5 Hospital has become nearly impossible. The 530-bed referral facility is full.Not because services have collapsed — but because…
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…
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…