Category: GOVERNANCE
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Ex-County Attorney Fears For His Life
By Stacy Mwanthi Former Machakos County Attorney Threatened as County Askaris Harass His FamilyFormer Machakos County Attorney, Mr. James Kathili, has reported threats and harassment allegedly orchestrated by the Machakos county inspectorate. It follows a visit county Askaris reportedly made on Tuesday to Kathili’s home. Kathili has reported that the Askaris harassed his children and…
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How Impeachment Motion Collapsed
By Anchor Special Correspondent The impeachment motion against Kitui County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Finance and Economic Planning, Peter Kilonzo, collapsed on a technicality after Wiper Party-nominated MCA Jacqueline Kalenga declined to second it. Observers believe Kalenga was instructed by the party to shoot the motion down at the penultimate moment. It is consistent…
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CECM Kilonzo Rebutts Removal Grounds
By Anchor Special Correspondent Mr. Peter Kilonzo has refuted allegations forming the basis for the Motion for his Removal from Office as the County Executive Committee Member for Finance, Economic Planning, and Revenue Management. The motion for the removal of Mr. Peter Mwikya Kilonzo is anchored on allegations of gross violation of the Constitution or…
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Kitui MCAs Approve Malombe’s Kes. 14 b Budget
By Anchor Writer Governor Malombe Gets His Way as House Approves Supplementary Budget The Kitui County Assembly has unanimously approved Governor Julius Malombe’s memorandum on the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2024 (County Assembly Bill No. 5, 2024). The approval ends a stand off between the assembly and governor Malombe after the later rejected the initial Budget…
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Governors Want More Tasks Amid Graft Fears
By Anchor Writers County governors have intensified calls for the completion of the devolution process, urging the national government to release the remaining devolved functions and allocate adequate funding. The push comes amid concerns over counties being overwhelmed by their current mandates and persistent corruption challenges. Speaking during the 11th National and County Governments Coordinating…
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Why Responsibility for 60-Day Strike Must Lie At Gvn. Wavinya’s Doorstep
By Martin Masai, EDITOR/ PUBLISHER- The Anchor ANALYSIS Machakos Doctors’ Strike: A Wake-Up Call for County Leadership The resolution of the 60-day doctors’ strike in Machakos County has cast a harsh light on the county government’s mismanagement and neglect of its healthcare workforce. The eight agreements reached between Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration and the striking…
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How To Grow Corruption: Kitui’s Best Case Study
COMMENTARY By Anchor Writer The ongoing revelations surrounding the mismanagement of public funds in Kitui County have sparked a much-needed conversation on the consequences of administrative inaction in cases of corruption. Senator Enoch Wambua’s sharp critique of the county government’s handling of a scandal involving Sh.11 million allegedly misappropriated by 138 revenue collectors highlights the…
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Finance Boss Kilonzo Faces His Accusers
The Special Committee investigating the proposed removal of County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance, Economic Planning, and Revenue Management, Mr. Peter Mwikya Kilonzo, commenced its hearings on Monday, December 9, 2024, at the County Assembly Chambers. Chaired by Nguni MCA Hon. Jeremiah Musee Mutua, the committee was tasked with investigating four charges against Mr.…
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Malombe Rejects Budget, Returns It to Kitui County Assembly
By Martin Masai Kitui Governor has thrown out the the Kitui County Supplementary Bill 2024 in the newest escalation of the fight between the County Assembly and the Executive. Governor Malombe has consequently declined to assent to the bill and returned it to the assembly, recommending the reinstatement of nearly Kes. 230m to the budget.…
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County Healthcare Now At Tipping Point
By Anchor Writer Doctors, County Government grandstanding causes a crisis in healthcare The healthcare crisis in Machakos county deepens daily as the doctor’s strike enters its 59th day, with no end in sight. The clock is ticking over the management of health services as the standoff between the County Government and the Kenya Medical Practitioners…