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By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Government has announced a scale-down of operations over the December holiday period. The move unfolds against a familiar backdrop of cash-flow strain, with staff proceeding on the break without their December salaries, as earlier predicted by The Anchor.In a circular dated December 23, 2025, County Secretary and Head of…

By Anchor Writer A bouncer at Jam Rest Club in Machakos town was shot dead in the early hours of Christmas Day after a confrontation with a patron over the ejection of a woman from the club, police have said.The bouncer was shot three times — once in the chest and twice in the legs…

By Anthony Mwala President William Ruto’s recent attack on Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Kiambu was shockingly revealing. The shock was not for what it said about Kalonzo, but rather, what it exposed about how power is increasingly understood at the highest level of the state. The President dismissed Kalonzo as “brainless,” arguing…

By Anchor Writer Machakos County Government  began paying November salaries on 16 December, a day after The Anchor published a report on the arrears owed to County staff. The payments followed a directive by Governor Wavinya Ndeti, issued during the signing of performance contracts for senior officers at the White House, in which she instructed…

Delayed Salaries, Power Cut, Ballooning Debt, Tournaments  and a Children’s Party  Expose the County’s Contradictions By Anchor Writers Machakos County staff are trudging into mid-December without their November salaries, the silence from the county government8 already extinguishing hopes of a festive season. By December 14, it has become increasingly clear that December pay may also…

By Martin Masai A deepening garbage crisis has brought Machakos County’s three municipalities—Machakos, Mavoko and Tala–Kangundo—to a near standstill, exposing what insiders describe as a carefully engineered collapse of public service delivery to pave the way for a private takeover. At the centre of the crisis is a fuel budget that once sustained routine garbage…

By Martin Masai Machakos County has been thrown into literal and administrative darkness  for over a month now as the Kenya Power and Lighting Company cut supply to all county offices over unpaid bills standing at a staggering Kes 156 million. The blackout, leaves a trail of exposed failures in financial planning, governance, and accountability…

By Anchor Writers The Machakos County Assembly today turned into a chamber of frustration as Members dismissed nearly every report tabled by the Executive as hollow, incomplete, and unfit for purpose.In a day-long session that exposed the deep cracks in service delivery, committee after committee faced humiliation as their reports were branded unsatisfactory and sent…

By Regina Muneene Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has had a bumper year for mantelpiece maintenance. Between regional pageants of praise, voter-choice rankings, and continent-wide salutes, the Governor’s name has appeared on more certificates than a cybercafé printer in exam season. Some are grand, some are local, and some come with websites you’ve probably never bookmarked.…