The Anchor

Category: Politics

  • How Wiper Tour Became Theatre of Internal Squabbling

    The Wiper Patriotic Front’s weekend tour of Machakos and Kitui counties, led by Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, exposed deep fissures within a party long considered the political soul of the region. The visits, intended to project unity and rejuvenate the grassroots, instead revealed a movement battling internal rebellion, crumbling credibility, and dwindling natural support among…

  • University Dons Endorse Kalonzo for the 2027 Presidential Race

    By Vincent Matheka Yatta, Machakos County — A group of 200 dons drawn from 23 public universities across Kenya on Friday, September 5, 2025, declared their support for former Vice President Dr. Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka’s bid for the presidency in the 2027 general election. The dons convened at Dr. Musyoka’s Yatta Farm home, where they…

  • Judges Order KPC, NEMA to Pay Kes. 3.8b. Damages for Thange Oil Spill

    WOTE,MAKUENI By Daniel Kituku Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) and the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) were today ordered to pay a total of Kes. 3.8 billion in compensation for environmental destruction at Thange River in Kibwezi East, Makueni County. It is the consequence of a massive oil spill in 2015 that the two state agencies…

  • Governor’s Scorecards: Malombe Counts, Wavinya Waits

    By Martin Masai Kitui Governor Julius Makau Malombe stood before the County Assembly on Tuesday and delivered what can only be described as a bold self-assessment — crisp, confident, and meticulously tallied. He came bearing numbers: 1,921 development projects in under three years, spread across all 40 wards. That’s about 64 projects per ward —…

  • 19 Killed in Saba Saba Crackdown on Rioters

    By The Anchor TeamNAIROBI, July 7, 2025 — A deadly crackdown on Saba Saba Day protests left at least 19 people dead, according to civil society groups monitoring Monday’s demonstrations. But the National Police Service (NPS), in contrast, issued a late-night statement reporting only 11 fatalities — a figure human rights defenders have condemned as…

  • Heightened Tensions Ahead of Saba Saba as Fresh Protests Loom

    Here is a security advisory from G4s on the likely scenarios on Saba Saba Day in the background of the existing stand-off between the government and aggrieved citizens

  • Wiper Swings Big Stick on Speaker Kinengo and MCA Kalenga

    COMMENTARY By Steve Wambu It is now official: the “D” in Wiper Democratic Movement stands not for democracy,  but for discipline — of the iron-fisted, pre-1991, single-party vintage. This week alone, two letters emerged from the Wiper Party Secretariat that read less like party communication and more like dispatches from a stern politburo. First, to…

  • A Culture Where Suspensions Have Become Paid Holidays

    By Martin MasaiEditor, The Anchor When Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti suspended Roads Minister Rita Ndunda last year, the public read the move as a bold stand against corruption and disorder in the transport sector. Ndunda had clashed publicly with officials of a Sacco. A recording soon surfaced — murky, damning, inconclusive — but enough to…

  • Wavinya Reinstates Suspended Minister in Cabinet Shake-up

    By Martin Masai In a quiet but far-reaching reshuffle, Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti today reinstated Roads executive Rita Ndunge Ndunda. It comes months after her suspension triggered public debate over ethics, transport cartels, and the true reach of the governor’s authority.But in a strategic twist, Rita returns not to her old docket but to the…

  • Tribunal Stops Wiper Bid to Change Kitui Assembly Leadership

    By A Special Correspondent KITUI, June 25, 2025 The Wiper Democratic Movement suffered yet another political setback after the Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT) on June 24 ruled against its bid to overhaul the leadership of its majority side in the Kitui County Assembly.In a decisive judgment, the tribunal confirmed Migwani MCA Harrison Maluki Mawia…