Land & Environment.
Land, planning, water, pollution and conservation.
Itimboni Residents Mull Court Action Over County Approvals
By Martin Masai The long-running dispute over the proposed cement manufacturing plant at Itimboni has taken a fresh legal turn after residents demanded that the Machakos County Government produce all approvals and planning…
A Dormant County Environment Committee Amid Itimboni Crisis
By Anchor Writer Fresh questions have emerged over whether the failure by the Machakos County Government to operationalize a legally required County Environment Committee may have contributed to the escalating dispute surrounding the…
Pressure Mounts to Force Cement Factory on Itimboni Villagers
By Anchor Writers A long-running dispute over the proposed Lambodat Cement Company plant at Itimboni in Mavoko has taken a fresh twist after residents accused security officers and the project's proponents of frustrating…
Konza No More: Tech City Name Change Shock
By Anchor Writers A quiet public notice published this week may have marked the end of one of the most recognizable names in Kenya's technology and infrastructure landscape.In a formal announcement, the institution…
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…
New Wote Municipality Board Takes Office With a Full In-Tray
By Daniel Kituku WOTE, April 27, 2026 A new chapter in the urban governance of Makueni County began today as the Wote Municipality Board was formally sworn into office. The team, led by…
Scott University, Mumbuni Community Feud Over Land
Machakos, April 22, 2026 By Lilian Munini A simmering land dispute in Mumbuni, Machakos County, has triggered protests from residents, even as Scott Christian University insists it holds valid ownership documents for the…
Itimboni: Cement Firm Pushes Through Own ‘Public Participation’
By Anchor Writers Residents of Itimboni village are accusing project proponents of staging a questionable public participation exercise after a meeting officially cancelled by local administration was nevertheless conducted under heavy police presence.…
Uproar in Itimboni as Plot to Revive Rejected Cement Plant Emerges
By Martin Masai Residents Accuse State Officials of Attempting to Force Cement Plant Through Fresh Public Participation Residents of Itimboni in Kyumbi, Mavoko Sub-County, have renewed their resistance against a proposed cement processing…
Lukenya Marathon: Where Sport and Environmental Activism Meet Again
Runners Take on the Dust for Trees Challenge as Lukenya University Targets Restoration of the Tsavo Ecosystem By Anchor Writers On the dry plains of Kibwezi East, where the winds of the Tsavo…
WASREB Declares Wavinya’s ‘Water Reforms’ an Illegality
County Dismissed Six Water Companies MDs Outside the Law, Precipitating Chaotic Water Regime By Martin Masai Machakos County’s water sector is in turmoil — and Kenya’s national regulator has now said so, publicly…
Six Machakos Water Companies’ MDs Forced Out in Epic Fight for Millions
Water Bosses on '30- Day Compulsory Leave' That Will Never End By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has ordered all managing directors of county-owned water companies to proceed on compulsory leave. Mr…
Five Suspended as Wavinya Pushes to Privatise Garbage Collection
Garbage Crisis Deepens, as Governor Overrides Mandate of Municipalities By Mary Munini https://videopress.com/v/x796vh8a?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Governor Wavinya when she claimed to be in possession of an audit report detailing how county staff pilfer fuel intended…
Garbage,Fuel and Power:Why Filth is Uncollected in Machakos County
By Martin Masai A deepening garbage crisis has brought Machakos County’s three municipalities—Machakos, Mavoko and Tala–Kangundo—to a near standstill, exposing what insiders describe as a carefully engineered collapse of public service delivery to…
Makueni, UK to Drive Clean Energy Through Landmark Policy
By Anchor Writers Makueni County today unveiled a landmark County Energy Policy that sets out a bold framework to transform the region’s energy landscape through clean, sustainable, and inclusive solutions. Governor Mutula, during…
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…
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…