Category: Politics
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Who has power to remove Chief Officers?
Chief Officer for Revenue Collection Mike Jace Senga remained in office defiantly as he launched damage control measures after unprecedented mass transfer of over 500 revenue officers across the county. Mr Senga The transfers were hatched by Finance Minister Muia Kuyu in an effort that has disrupted revenue collection since last Wednesday and is likely…
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The 28 km nightmare of a road
By Johnbosco Muia More than ten years down the line, the completion of the tarmarcking of the 28 kilometer Tala-Ol donyo Sabuk road in Mautngulu, Machakos county has remained a mirage Road users have been delt a big blow especially during the rains when part of the road becomes impassable. Several contractors who have been…
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Mass transfers expose fiasco in Ndeti's Govt.
Ever heard someone transfer and demote himself simultaneously? Mr Kuyu( above) and Mr Senga (below) This is what is unfolding in Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s government after her finance minister, Muia Kuyu, ordered a mass transfer of all revenue officers in Machakos County. The ill advised exercise has not only disrupted revenue collection but also become…
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Mysterious buglaries rock Machakos County offices
A mysterious streak of buglaries has hit the Machakos County Government with no one being held to account. The latest theft was discovered last week precisely on December 27, 2023, after some yet unknown people carted away 11 Desk Top computers and an equal number of monitors. The offices closed on December 22,2024. The thieves…
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Men make New Year vow
Men must sit down and Talk Over 100 Members of Mukuyuni Development Forum, who are mainly men have declared that “Men Must Rise up and provide leadership” for any community to achieve meaningful social and economic development. The forum,the first in 2024, observed that the male gender is often absent in social, economic and spiritual…
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Wavinya's big sweep of revenue officers
Swift transfers ordered for hundreds of staff Hundreds of revenue officers in the County Government of Machakos have been moved in mass transfers in what seems to be Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s response to her administration’s dismal performance in revenue collection. During the last three months, the Controller of Budget reported that the county government only collected…
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7,000 Mwala students get bursaries,MP hits at Wavinya
By Alexander Kieti Mwala MP Eng. Vincent Musyoka Kawaya has led distributed bursaries for over 7000 university and college students in Mwala Constituency at Makutano DEB Primary School. In this year’s exercise 7123 students from across the 6 wards of Mwala Subcounty are set to benefit from bursaries worth Kes.48 million from the Constituency NG-CDF…
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Ever eaten donkey meat?
By Daniel Kituku. Police in Makueni have arrested 10 suspects in connection of slaughter and sale of donkey meat . Confirming the incident Makueni Sub County police Commader Winfred Siele said the suspects admitted trading in Donkey Meat at Shauri Moyo Market Nairobi. Siele told the press that the incident was reported by Ms Jane…
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Machakos misses World Bank KES 2b
Machakos County has failed to secure funding for two consecutive years—first in 2022 under former Governor Alfred Mutua, and again in 2023, the first year under current Governor Wavinya Ndeti. At the heart of this funding debacle is Kes 89 million, earmarked by the Machakos Municipalities Board for a road in Machakos Municipality, a project…
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Wavinya's Chief Officer quits
Governor Wavinya Ndeti’s Sewerage,Sanitation and Waste Management Chief Officer Mr Paul Wambua has quit his job. Wambua send a two paragraph letter headed ” Notice of Resignation as the County Chief Officer”(sic) to Governor Ndeti to herald his departure. The letter, dated December 18 2023, stated he was leaving due to personal reasons- the euphemism…