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Kiusya Suspends Nzioka, 8 MCAs in Swift Purge
By MARTIN MASAI Machakos, June 10, 2025 β In a dramatic show of authority, Machakos County Assembly Speaker Anne Kiusya today suspended nine Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) for eight sittings. They include Majority Leader Nicholas Nzioka, Deputy Speaker Stephen Mwanthi, immediate for minority leader Judas Ndawa, Felix Ngui, Raphael Nzau, Charles Mbuva, Phoebe…
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Shake-Up in Assembly as Kiusya Fights Back
By Anchor Writer Judas Out, Kavyu In: Chap Chap Cleans House as Machakos Assembly Resumes When the Machakos County Assembly resumed its sittings today,Β it did so, not with quiet deliberation but with the unmistakable clang of political housekeeping. On the surface, it was a routine session after weeks of suspended activity. In reality, it…
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Speaker Kiusya Gets Bold,Digs in to Fight
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Governor Mutula Bans Single-Use Plastics in County Offices, Events
By Anchor Writer WOTE, June 5, 2025 In a decisive move to combat plastic pollution, Makueni Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr has banned single-use plastics across all county offices and official functions, effective immediately. Announcing the ban during World Environment Day celebrations in Wote, Governor Mutula declared the county’s zero-tolerance stance on plastic waste, calling it…
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Day Judge Mwamuye Stood in Defence of Media Independence
Judgement is a Stinging Rebuke of Ex PS Kisiangani’s administrative Overeach By Anchor Writer Nairobi In a landmark ruling that underscores the sanctity of due process and the independence of public institutions, the High Court has ordered the immediate appointment and gazettement of two individuals whose nominations to the Media Complaints Commission were unlawfully blocked…
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An 80-Year-Old’s Cry to KPLC for Justice
Esther Kamesi Pleads for Justice After KPLC Pole Destroyed Her Home By Love Wambua Andrew in Mbooni West In Katunyoni village, Kithungo/Kitundu ward, Mbooni West, an 80-year-old woman, watches the sun rise and set through the gaping hole in what remains of her house. Her name is Esther Kamesi Mwinzi β and for her, darkness…
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Kalonzo Fuels Fight at Machakos County Assembly
By Martin Masai Ultimatum on Speaker Kiusya Sets the Stage for Prolonged Political Paralysis in Machakos May 30, 2025 Wiper Party leader KalonzoΒ Musyokaβs fiery demand today for the removal of Machakos Speaker Anne Kiusya now fuels a fully fledged war in Machakos County. But behind the thunderous fuming of the former Vice President lies…
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How Woman’s Desire to End Pain Became a Nightmare
Makueni Womanβs Ordeal Sparks Appeal for Justice and Urgent Medical Help By Love Wambua YEKANGA, MAVINDINI WARD What began as a routine visit to Makueni County Referral Hospital has turned into a medical nightmare for Evelyn Kamene Musembi, a woman now battling searing pain, infection, and a crumbling jaw. She is appealing to the government…
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Machakos Girls Must Return to Work Now
COMMENTARY | By The Anchor Editor The plot to remove the Speaker of Machakos County Assembly is dead. It died not from lack of effortβbut from excess of foolishness. What began as a bold political move has now turned into an endless joke. And not a very funny one. When 33 MCAs allied to Governor…
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Report Says Most Makueni Water Projects are mishandled
By Anchor Writer Outcome Jolts Mutula to call for urgent reforms in Water Sector A staggering 90 percent of rural water projects in Makueni County are poorly managed, and a new governance survey has revealedβprompting Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. to call for urgent reforms in rural water systems. The findings, presented to the governor on…