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Justice & Rights

Three Colleagues of Slain IT Officer Among Nine Held

Mavoko Court to Rule on Thursday Whether They Will Be Detained for 14 Days By Anchor Writer Three colleagues of murdered Machakos County IT officer Alphonse Matee are among nine people under investigation…

27 October 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Shame of 25-Year Case, 2 Murders, Police and Courts

By A Special Correspondent Display of Institutional Failure:How a Matrimonial Property Dispute Escalated into a Criminal Enterprise What began as the collapse of a marriage in 2001 has evolved into one of Kenya's…

2 August 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Spotlight on Police as OCS is Arrested in Botched Kidnap, Robbery Saga

By Anchor Writers A senior police officer has been arrested after he was linked to the alleged kidnapping of a couple who were reportedly abducted while delivering an online order in Baba Dogo.…

31 July 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Court Detains Suspected Killer of Wife,Two Children

By Anchor Writer A 23-year-old man accused of murdering his wife and their two children has been detained for five more days to allow police to complete investigations.Amos Nyingi Wambua was arraigned before…

20 July 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Three Arson Suspects Bonded Over Machakos School Dorm Fire

By Anchor Writer Three minors charged with burning down a dormitory at Machakos School have each been released on a bond of KSh 400,000. Machakos Chief Magistrate Dorcas Endoo Machakos Chief Magistrate Dorcas…

17 July 2026 · Read story ↗
Community & Livelihoods

How Mystery Fire Gutted Market, Left Traders in Huge Losses

By Anchor Writers MACHAKOS, July 5 A mysterious midnight fire has reduced a section of the bustling Machakos Mitumba Market to ashes. The aftermath of the fire at Machakos Mitumba Market The inferno…

5 July 2026 · Read story ↗
Community & Livelihoods

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…

28 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

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…

28 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Three Colleagues of Slain IT Officer Among Nine Held

Mavoko Court to Rule on Thursday Whether They Will Be Detained for 14 Days By Anchor Writer Three colleagues of murdered Machakos County IT officer Alphonse Matee are among nine people under investigation…

22 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Six Arrested Over Murder of IT Officer

By Anchor Writer Police have arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of Machakos County Government employee Alphonse Matee. His body was discovered under mysterious circumstances at Kyumbi in Mavoko Sub-County earlier…

20 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Health & Education

Machakos School Closed, 13 Boys Held Over Dormitory Fire

By Anchor Writer Machakos School has been closed indefinitely after a fire gutted part of a dormitory on Thursday night. The fire destroyed students' property and triggered investigations into what authorities suspect was…

19 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

Court Allows Five Detained in Probe Into Mob Killings

By Anchor Writers The investigation into the shocking killing of three young men in Machakos has taken a major step forward after four additional suspects were arraign .ed in court and remanded. The…

11 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

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…

9 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

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…

5 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

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…

4 June 2026 · Read story ↗
Justice & Rights

57 Fuel Costs Protesters Freed as Court Slashes Bail Terms

By Anchor Writers Fifty-seven protestors arrested during the chaotic anti-fuel hike demonstrations that rocked Machakos this week have been released on a cash bail of KSh 5,000 each. Their release came after a…

23 May 2026 · Read story ↗

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