By Anchor Writers
The Machakos County Assembly today turned into a chamber of frustration as Members dismissed nearly every report tabled by the Executive as hollow, incomplete, and unfit for purpose.
In a day-long session that exposed the deep cracks in service delivery, committee after committee faced humiliation as their reports were branded unsatisfactory and sent back for rewriting.
From water and health to labour and environment, the Executive’s credibility crumbled under scrutiny.
Water and Health Under Fire
A response on the status of eleven boreholes in Masinga Central Ward, tabled by Daniel Muindi of Muthesya Ward on behalf of the Water and Irrigation Committee, was thrown out for lacking substance.
The Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya ordered the Committee to return with a comprehensive account by December 3.
Moments later, another report—this time from the Health and Emergency Services Committee chaired by Vincent Mutie of Upper Kaewa Ward—met the same fate. Members found the submission on Kiundwani Health Facility “inadequate and evasive,” forcing a recommittal for a full follow-up report within the same deadline.
Labour Committee Stuck in Delay
An update on recruitment, redeployment, and assignment of duties within the county government fared no better.
The Labour, Public Service and ICT Committee, which was to shed light on the matter, asked for more time. The Speaker reluctantly granted twenty-one days to finalize a report that has already dragged for months—fueling suspicions that the Executive is buying time to avoid transparency and accountability.
Climate Change and Water Departments in Crisis
The rot ran deeper when the House revisited the Environment Committee’s report on the Climate Change Department’s performance for the 2023/2024 financial year where the responsible committee has disowned its report showing how treated gunny bags were bought at highly exaggerated price.
The Speaker ruled that an eleven-member ad hoc committee be formed by November 18 to dissect the department’s failures.
The same day, a separate performance report from the Water and Irrigation Department was shredded for “glaring inconsistencies and missing facts.” The Speaker granted the Committee twenty-one days to rewrite it—another entry in the growing ledger of failed reports.
Same Story, Different Ward
By afternoon, frustration hit boiling point. A response on boreholes in Kangundo North, again tabled by Muindi, was rejected outright and sent back for correction. The pattern was unmistakable—Machakos County departments are routinely filing vague, shallow reports that neither answer questions nor inspire confidence, creating the impression that there probably is nothing to report.
A Pattern of Executive Evasion
The Assembly’s repeated rejections have laid bare a culture of impunity and evasion within the Executive.
Departments appear content to operate without records, data, or accountability. “If every report is inadequate, then it’s not the committees that are failing—it’s the system itself,” said Deputy Minority Leader Francis Ngunga after the sessions.
Speaker Kiusya’s growing pile of recommitted reports is now a symbol of administrative decay—evidence of an Executive that is either asleep or deliberately obstructive.
Public Participation Amid Dysfunction
The House adjourned until November 18 to allow members to take part in public participation on the County’s Annual Development Plan for 2026/2027 and the Gender, Equality and Community Empowerment Bill, 2025.
Yet, even as the Assembly prepares to face citizens, the Executive’s own paperwork tells a story that Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration is becoming dysfunctional.
The Editor’ s Note: A county that cannot account for boreholes, health centres, or recruitment cannot claim to serve its people. The Assembly must now move beyond rhetoric and enforce real accountability. Anything less is criminal complicity.
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