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Editors Put Kenya’s Public Debt Accountability Under Spotlight
By Anchor Writers Kenya’s rapidly expanding public debt, now beyond the KSh13 trillion mark, has emerged as a major public-interest accountability issue. Today, Kenya Editors Guild Vice President Francis Openda (Pictured Below) challenged…
Speaker: Why Governor’s Choice is Bad For Her, But Good For Machakos
COMMENTARY By Martin Masai There is a delicious irony in the raging Machakos budget war.Governor Wavinya Ndeti now speaks of Speaker Anne Kiusya as though she were an obstacle that suddenly descended upon…
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…
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…
Politicians Tamed as Thousands Bid Farewell to Veteran Teacher
By Anchor Writers Thousands of mourners converged at Kwa Kavoo Village in Machakos County on Saturday to pay their last respects to retired teacher Florence Munyiva Mbubi(Pictured below). Her life of service in…
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…
Minister’s Emotional Farewell to Colleagues After Dismissal
EXCLUSIVE By Anchor Writer Former Machakos Finance Executive Catherine Mutanu has sent an emotional farewell WhatsApp message to members of the Machakos County Executive. Catherine Mutanu during happier days Mutanu is thanking colleagues…
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…
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…
Leaked Maanzo Phone Call Sparks Warfare in Makueni
By Daniel Mutinda Makueni Senator Daniel Maanzo Makueni Senator Daniel Maanzo has triggered one of the most explosive political controversies in the county in recent years, raising difficult questions about privacy, political ethics,…
Wavinya’s Budget Agenda Hits Wall in New Stalemate
By Martin Masai Governor Wavinya Ndeti's administration is facing its most formidable political challenge yet after a widening standoff with the Machakos County Assembly left critical budget business hanging in the balance. Governor…
Machakos County Assembly Put Off Over Wikwatyo Fund
By Martin Masai Machakos County Assembly sittings were suspended yesterday after a bitter dispute over a proposed KSh 1 billion fund linked to Governor Wavinya Ndeti A push to have it approved for…
Questions Over Cost, Intent of Wavinya’s Lower Cadre Staff ‘Training’
By Anchor Writers Machakos County’s ongoing low cadre staff training programme, billed as a transformative initiative to strengthen public service delivery, is increasingly drawing scrutiny over its cost, structure, and underlying intent. The…
Questions Over Cost, Intent of Wavinya’s Lower Cadre Staff ‘Training’
By Anchor Writers Machakos County’s ongoing low cadre staff training programme, billed as a transformative initiative to strengthen public service delivery, is increasingly drawing scrutiny over its cost, structure, and underlying intent. The…
Waita Puts his Name at the Center of 2027 Machakos Governor’s Contest
By Martin Masai Machakos Gubernatorial aspirant Mr. Nzioka Waita today deliberately shifted gears in his challenge to Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti, moving to place his personal identity at the forefront of the campaign.…
You Have Collapsed County Health Systems, Nzioka Waita Tells Wavinya
By Lilian Munini Healthcare system failure under Governor Wavinya Ndeti is the result of broken systems, her main challenger Nzioka Waita charged today. https://videopress.com/v/qU60xcGa?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&controls=false&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Mr Waita during the Podcast Waita accused the county…
A Three-Year Vacuum by Design — and the Price is Paid in Human Lives
The Anchor Comment For three years, Machakos County has operated its hospitals without Boards of Management — a governance void that is not by accident but by design. It is a deliberate vacuum,…