Monday, 22 August 2011

Citizens Fear: August 2011

Citizens fear they have been conned
Call to probe 
New Konza

By Anchor Reporter
Mr Mutuku: He is linked to New Konza

Members of the New Konza ranching company have asked the government to probe the validity and legality of the company saying they doubt their money they bought shares may drain into individuals pockets.
Speaking to The Anchor the members said after they bought the purported company’s shares at sh2,500 late last year and early this year being promised to be allocated  land, they later desperately learnt something was amiss after no land has been in existence.

Investigating Land Grabbing: August 2011

Task force begins drive to investigate officials
Fighting Mavoko
land grabbers

By Winnie Makau

A curious Task Force has been appointed to probe into the unfolding land rush in Athi River that has seen the death of two land dealers so far and mushrooming of overnight millionaires.The minister of state for Provincial Administration   and Internal security Pro. George  Saitoti appointed   the Task   Force when irregularities were reported to him after a huge tract of land belonging to a widow was grabbed even before Letters of Administration were granted to her heir(s).
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A curious Task Force has been appointed to probe into the unfolding land rush in Athi River that has seen the death of two land dealers so far and mushrooming of overnight millionaires.
The minister of state for Provincial Administration   and Internal security Pro. George  Saitoti appointed   the Task   Force when irregularities were reported to him after a huge tract of land belonging to a widow was grabbed even before Letters of Administration were granted to her heir(s).
Among the tasks it is to address are the irregularities in appropriation of land belonging to the late  Margaret   Wamaitha  Humphrey and the  squatter problem in  Athi  River  District.
The  T ask  Force  consists of former District Commissioner Mr John Abduba as Chairman, with the Secretary being the Permanent Secretary for the  Ministry of lands.
Other members are the Permanent Secretaries Provincial Administration and Internal Security, Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Ministry of Industrialization, Ministry of Labour and the   Town Clerk of  Mavoko  Municipal Council. O thers are the Regional Commissioner for Lower Eastern , former Mavoko Mayor Mr Judah Muoka, Mr  a local businessman and resident Mr Shamit Sigh and Bishop Nicholas Muli.
Curiuosly left out of the membership is the Mavoko District Commissioner Mr  Kibaara, Mavoko Mayor Makau Kingola and Kathiani MP Wavinya Ndeti.
It appears that their exclusion is deliberate owing to the fact that they have been key protagonists in land issues in Mavoko with each accusing the other of one or another anomaly at different times.
However observers see the task force as an attempt to investigate the indulgence of civil servants , key among them the DC, in the issue of land in Mavoko.
In the last few years, Mavoko has seen land previously owned by individuals and the State change hands even when owners held clean Title deeds and it is clear that such change of ownership cannot  take place without the hand of civil servants in and out of Mavoko, who are used to the old ways of Kanu who see any land as being eligible for grabbing.
Besides, local leaders unable to  work in cahoots with the civil servants have come up with an infectious strategy to urge citizens to form cells of squatters to invade the grabbed land and throw a spanner into the works and ensure that outsiders do not eventually own land belonging to Akamba.
This twist has placed the political leaders in a critical position and have been lft with no option other than support occupation of grabbed land  by squatters- mostly locals and obvious pockets of support when voting time comes. It is this combination of issues that seems to have partly led to the formation of the Task Force, besides the will by some local citizens who are keen to have thee law take its course in the ownership process of land.
If this is allowed, grabbers and squatters will soon overrun Mavoko  become a time bomb whose explosion would destroy peace, investment and development in the greater Nairobi Metroploitan Area.
The  Task  Force is mandated  to “examine   and  inquire into allocations  to private  individuals or  corporations  of public land or lands dedicated or reserved for public  purposes   including : Jumbo(Airport)  Land,Numerical  Machines Land,  National Housing Corporation/Agriculture  Syndicate Land ,  National Social  Security Fund  Land, Public Land  around  Daystar  University and Margret Wamaith Humphrey’s Land.
It will  collect  and  collate evidence  and  information  available   relating  to the  nature, causes  and  extend of  unlawful or  irregular  allocation of  the land, prepare a list of  all lands  unlawfully or irregularly allocated, examine  payment of land rates to Mavoko Municipal Council relating  to the said  parcel of lands  and  establishing the  nature  of involvement of public  officials  in  the  irregularity of  appropriation and  allocation  of that  land  thus identifying them  to  determine  the  security  implications of  the  squatters problem.
Again  it needs  to carry out  any  other  inquires   which  in the  opinion will  necessary  in  unraveling  the  irregular land  appropriation and  allocation in that  District, recommend  actions  to be taken  against persons involved  in  the irregular land allocations, examine  transactions of  the land  Control   Boards against   the background of  existing legal  framework on  their  functions  and  explore  reasons  for  their  inability  or  failure or  unwillingness or  refusal to  curtail the  irregular   land  appropriation in the  District and  finally  to   recommend  measures  to be put in place to curb failure  irregular  allocation of such  a  land.
In the  performance of their  tasks, the Task Force  will prepare  a detailed work plan indicating  milestones and  timelines; develop  a priotized  Matrix clearly  categorizing  the  immediate, medium,  and  long term reforms and  budgeting requirements; review  any documents  relevant to its  mandate and  hold  consultative Forums  with  professions and  the public.
After all  the  performance of  their tasks,it shall report to the  Minister of State  for  Provincial Administration and  Internal  security; advising   regularly and  keeping  the minister updated on  progress without  prejudice to the generality of  the forgoing by making  progress  reports to the  minister after every  fourteen (14) days.
They shall regulate  its  procedures  and  finalize  their tasks within a period  of  fourty-five(45) days

The Anchor: Main Story: Priest shot to kill

The Anchor: Main Story: Priest shot to kill: Fr Makewa: Graphics by The Anchor
Main Story CID chief tells Court: Priest Shot to Kill By Martin Masai DETAILS are emerging of a ch...

Why The Anchor?: The Anchor August 2011

Why choose The Anchor?

Opening New Frontiers
in Kenya's Journalism


Now you can read about the issues that define life in Lower Eastern Province- the area covered by the three Counties of Kitui, Makueni and Machakos.
The Anchor- with the tagline: Journalism of the Future, is designed to bring to the fore the issues that are never covered by the daily media, yet they inform the lifestyles of area residents on daily basis.
It is born out of the realization that the Daily media is too big for Kenya's rural enclaves. The big media remain entangled with the national agenda while the enclaves are thirsty about information that touches their daily lives like water, electricity, security and education concerns, among others.
It does not matter who you are... as long as you live within The Anchor's target area... the paper touches your life and is worth your while. It leaves you more knowledgeable than those who do not read it!
The paper aspires to go beyond the traditional roles of the media of informing, educating and entertaining. It inspires, analyzes issues and arouses citizens to take their rightful places in the governance processes.
This is key to the vision of Kenya's new Constitution.
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Why choose The Anchor?


Opening New Frontiers
in Kenya's Journalism
Now you can read about the issues that define life in Lower Eastern Province- the area covered by the three Counties of Kitui, Makueni and Machakos.
The Anchor- with the tagline: Journalism of the Future, is designed to bring to the fore the issues that are never covered by the daily media, yet they inform the lifestyles of area residents on daily basis.
It is born out of the realization that the Daily media is too big for Kenya's rural enclaves. The big media remain entangled with the national agenda while the enclaves are thirsty about information that touches their daily lives like water, electricity, security and education concerns, among others.
It does not matter who you are... as long as you live within The Anchor's target area... the paper touches your life and is worth your while. It leaves you more knowledgeable than those who do not read it!
The paper aspires to go beyond the traditional roles of the media of informing, educating and entertaining. It inspires, analyzes issues and arouses citizens to take their rightful places in the governance processes.
This is key to the vision of Kenya's new Constitution.


Now Get Anchored!

Please make a comment

Youth in Sports: The Anchor, August 2011


Ngaakaa Youth Centre
makes Kenya Proud

By Daniel Kituku 
in Makueni County
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It is a little known institution, yet it has done this country proud. Ngaakaa Youth Talent Centre has left Kenyans wondering and praising as  its products emerged winners in the just ended   Special World Olympic  Games held at Athens, Greece with the centre pocketing two gold and  one silver medal.

Local Authorities: The Anchor August 2011

New faces at the helm of 
Region's Local Authorities
New faces in Machakos councils as Kitui and Mwingi retain theirs.

HEADS rolled in Local Authorities elections in Ukambani as civic leaders held the last elections under the old Constitution where councillors run councils.New leaders were elected in Machakos Municipal Council, Masaku County Council, Makueni Town Council and Mtito Andei Town Council while Kitui County and Municipal Councils, Mavoko Municipality and Kangundo as well as Mwingi retained the old order.

Malili City: So who stole from farmers? The Anchor Agust 2011


Revealed:Police Charged the wrong people
So who stole 
farmers' millions?

By Martin Masai
Mr Kilonzo(L) and Mr Kanyi during the trial.

The Anchor told you. What seemed like a criminal case against two directors of Malili Ranch was just a ploy to have thieves steal from Malili farmers.Now Nairobi Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei has confirmed just that and set the two directors- Peter Mutua Kanyi and Julius Kilonzo free. It now turns out that the money they were accused of stealing was the cumulative figure of the amounts they received after the sale of plots they bought from farmers and sold to the government, making handsome profits in the process.

Main Story: Priest shot to kill

Fr Makewa: Graphics by The Anchor
Main Story
CID chief tells Court:
Priest Shot to Kill

By Martin Masai

DETAILS are emerging of a chronology of lies told by suspended Fr. John Wambua Makewa  that gangsters raided his Parish residence and shot a visiting Priest.

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The Anchor: Editorial Comment: The Anchor August 2011

The Anchor: Editorial Comment: The Anchor August 2011: "Editorial This thievery must be brought to a halt THE emerging facts about Malili Ranching now require that a fresh attention be create..."

Monday, 15 August 2011

The Anchor: Editorial Comment: The Anchor August 2011

The Anchor: Editorial Comment: The Anchor August 2011

Editorial Comment: The Anchor August 2011


Editorial
This thievery must
 be brought to a halt
THE emerging facts about Malili Ranching now require that a fresh attention be created on the circumstances that followed after the State set aside Sh 1billion to buy 5,000 acres of land of the ranch to construct an ICT City known as The Malili Technopolis.

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Towards open Government The Anchor June-July 2011

EDITORIAL
Hasten strides towards
an open government


Over the years citizens of the Republic of Kenya have hoped to benefit from the range of taxes they pay to the State, yet these hopes have been dashed.

SEUCO in Machakos The Anchor June-July 2011

South Eastern University College
 heralds a new dawn for Ukambani


South Eastern University College (SEUCO), a Public University College and the first to set foot in Ukambani is a successor to Ukamba Agricultural Institute (UKAI). UKAI started in the 1970s as one of the institutes established to harness the country’s skilled and semi-skilled human labour into productive development.

Konza Ranch's quest for sub-division. The Anchor June-July 2011


Why farmers want
to split Konza Ranch


The following is an abridged version of a presentation by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Konza Ranch Mr David Mutangili during a public hearing of the National Environment Management Authority(NEMA) on the pro-posed sub-division of the ranch to its owners

The Anchor June-July 2011


Alarm over  rising sexual
assault cases in Mwala

 Mwala district commissioner Ms Florence Amoit has expressed concern over increasing cases of child defilement and rape in the district. Citing official records, she said incidents of child defilement and rape had attained a worrying trend and vowed to ensure the culprits do not escape justice.

The Anchor June-July 2010


ACCOUNTABILITY


Pressure mounts on VP to account
for his long tenure in Parliament

TENSION is rising in Kitui County as Water and Irrigation Minister Charity exerts political pressure on Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka to account for his long tenure as MP and member of Cabinet.

The Anchor June- July- Main Story


America’s ultimatum to MP is…
A noose for Mwau

John Harun Mwau: Denies he's Kingpin
JOHN Harun Mwau  has a fully fledged war ahead of him. The Kilome Member of Parliament and aspiring Senator of Makueni county may well kiss away any aspirations he has in politics as long as the tag of a global drug kingpin hangs around his bushy neck.

Thursday, 23 June 2011

Relief Food: The Anchor May- June 2011


Relief food delivered
to the hungry in Mwala

The government has delivered 700 bags of relief maize and 200 of beans for distribution to families most affected by food shortage in Mwala district.

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