By Anchor Writers Machakos county workers are in turmoil after salaries failed to hit their bank accounts, with September’s pay now delayed well past the mid-month mark. Today marks the 15th day of September with no official word on when staff will be paid — a delay insiders blame on frozen budget approvals and what…

By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti on Wednesday night dramatically fired her Finance, Economic Planning, and Revenue Management CECM Onesmus Muia Kuyu in a sweeping cabinet reshuffle seeking to recalibrating her embattled administration. In a circular dated September 11, 2025, and released close to midnight by the County Secretary Dr MuyaNdambuki, Kuyu was moved…

By Lilian Munini 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 by Commissioner for Co-operative Development David K. Obonyo, members have been summoned to the Machakos Sub-County grounds on September 18, 2025  at 10:00 a.m.…

COMMENTARY By Martin Masai COB Exposes Litany of  Machakos Budget  Failures, Showing  Wavinya’s Government on the Brink The Controller of Budget (COB) has torn apart Machakos County’s 2025/26 financial blueprint, exposing Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration as a government living on borrowed time. The action by COB has now become an emblem of official evidence that…

By Martin Masai COB Slams Machakos Over Unsustainable Budget, Questions Development Priorities The Controller of Budget has issued a damning verdict on Machakos County’s approved 2025/26 budget, warning that glaring gaps and questionable allocations could plunge the county deeper into financial crisis. In a hard-hitting letter to Finance Executive Onesmus Muia, the COB faulted the…

By Martin Masai Machakos, Saturday, August 30, 2025 — The Controller of Budget has frozen approval of the Machakos County Government’s budget after Finance CECM Onesmus Kuyu failed to provide comprehensive and time-bound responses to accountability queries raised by her office. In a letter addressed directly to Kuyu and copied to the Clerk of the…

By Anchor Writers Machakos, Thursday, August 21, 2025 — The Machakos County Government has finally bowed to pressure from striking nurses, signing a return-to-work formula that for the first time ties payments and promotions to strict timelines. In what union officials hailed as a rare climb-down, Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration ceded ground by abandoning its…

By Martin Masai The defiance of Machakos County’s top officers against Assembly summons has now morphed from mere absenteeism to an audacious display of executive arrogance, laying bare the rot behind Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s administration. On Monday, for the second time, the County Executive Committee Member for Devolution Dr. Joel Kilonzo, the Chairman of the…

By Martin Masai Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has today fanned the embers of the raging nurses’ strike, accusing union leaders of colluding with local politicians to frustrate her government.Furious throughout the press conference, Wavinya used the moment not only to lash out at union leaders but also to sidestep her own failure to honour agreements…

Machakos Health Crisis Deepens as a Cornered Governor Runs Out of Tricks By Anchor Writer Machakos County is staring at a complete shutdown of its health system as doctors prepare to down their tools, just 10 days into a strike by nurses that has already crippled services. The looming doctors’ strike marks the clearest sign…