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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…
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…
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…
Kitui MCAs Scrutinize Budget, Machakos Mired in Power Struggles
By Anchor Writers An Assembly Sectoral Committee in session today to interrogate budget proposals. Below, Kitui Finance CECM Peter Kilonzo during the exercise. While the Machakos County Assembly remains consumed by a bitter…
Mwingi: Eight Bodies,Six Weeks, No Answers
Why Town's Growing Mystery Deaths Terrify Residents COMMENTARY By Martin Masai The recovery of yet another set of human remains in Mwingi in recent days has pushed the number of bodies and body…
‘I Won’t Commit An Illegal Budget’,Kitui Speaker Tells Gov. Malombe
GOVERNANCE Speaker Kinengo Draws the Line as Budget Standoff Deepens: "Government Cannot Function Through Illegalities" By Martin Masai A major showdown between the Kitui County Assembly and Governor Julius Malombe's administration has escalated…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Bandits Kill Seven Mwingi Villagers, Torch Dwellings
By Rose Mwangangi in Mwingi April 25, 2026 Seven villagers were on Saturday evening shot dead by armed camel herders in a brutal attack at Kwakamari Market along the Tseikuru–Mwingi road, plunging the…
Child Rights Concerns Emerge After Masii Police Station Detains 9-Year-Old Boy
By Anchor WritersApril 24, 2026 A troubling incident in Masii Market, Machakos County, has sparked outrage and renewed focus on the protection of children within the justice system, after a nine-year-old boy was…
Police on the Spot Over Alarming Murder of Women in Kitui
By Anchor Writers | April 23, 2026 The County Government of Kitui County has condemned a disturbing wave of killings targeting women, describing the incidents as brutal, inhumane, and a direct violation of…