January 2012> Mavoko Taskforce Report Revealed

Eight authors of Mavoko

land scandal named

By Anchor Reporters

EIGHT individuals including two former Mayors of Mavoko Municipal Council have been named as being the suspected authors of land fraud in Athi River District.

January 2012: Fr Makewa Trial

 Main Story

Bribery Drama in 

Fr Makewa trial

By Martin Masai

CORRUPTION claims have emerged in the Fr.Makewa attempted murder trial.
This forced the trial magistrate Joseph Karanja to put off delivery of a ruling on whether to put Fr Makewa on his defense or discharge him.

Fr Makewa: State evidence ends

D-Day set for Fr. Makewa

By Daniel Kituku

in Wote

Fr Makewa on his first day in court

THE State closed its  attempted murder case against suspended Fr John Wambua Makewa in a Makueni Court, ending episodes of dramatic tales that left a catholic pries for dead.

Fr Makewa in the dock

Mwingi Residents Defend their sand

Mwingi residents fight for Sand

 By Wambui Kirubi

Works at a project to tarmac the phase 1 of a 21km Mwingi-Muunguu road by a Chinese company has hit a snag after residents blocked the firm from collecting sand from local rivers as raw material demanding compensation.

Relief Food. DC Interdicted

Kibwezi DC on forced

leave over relief food

By Nguma Kitone

KIBWEZI DC  Mike Kimoko is on interdiction over alleged theft of relief food.

Fruit Farming

Fruit factory mooted

for Makueni

By Daniel Kituku

The ministry of agriculture has announced plans to construct a fruit processing factory in Makueni county to tap the large produce  resource in the area.

Projects Stall in Mwala

Work stalls on three

key Mwala projects

 By Anchor Correspondent

 

Construction work on three development projects funded by the government to the tune of Sh 32 million in Mwala district has stalled.

Mwingi Water Supply

Water shortage looms

large in Mwingi town

ByWambui Kirubi
Hope for the about 50,000 residents of Mwingi who rely on the Kiambere-Mwingi pipeline to get water after a 23 day shortage, was thwarted by heavy rains that poured recently.

Understanding Devolution

Unpacking the benefits of

a devolved system of Govt

By Boniface Mulu

An official of the National Civic Society Congress (NCSC),is highlighting the weaknesses and failures of the Kenya’s old constitution. Mr. John Nyongesa, who is a civic educator, was speaking recently at the Kitui Mini-Lodge and Restaurant in Kitui town.

Opinion

Opinion
Time to 'plant' change agents



 

 Who bewitched Kenya? A country of 48 year old self independence yet we can’t defeat 1963 post independence vices we inherited from our colonial masters.

Editorial- November- December 2011

Editorial

Kitui residents must enjoy

the fruits in Mui Basin

The Government of Kenya has carried out coal exploration in the Mui Basin in Kitui County,  which covers an area of 400km2.

Jailed for defiling sister

Man jailed for life

for defiling sister

By PURITY KALUMU

A 33-year-old man who raped his 17 year old sister while armed with a knife will languish in jail for the rest of his life after Machakos court found him guilty of the offence.

The Anchor: Kengen Boss in land tussle

The Anchor: Kengen Boss in land tussle:

Ex-minister Mbathi trapped in land tussle By Martin Masai FORMER Cabinet Minister Titus Mbathi is embroiled in a tussle that exposes h...

Kengen Boss in land tussle

Ex-minister Mbathi

trapped in land tussle

 

By Martin Masai

FORMER Cabinet Minister Titus Mbathi is embroiled in a tussle that exposes his illegal occupation of someone’s land and possible conflict of interest.

Turmoil in Machakos School

Return of turmoil at 

Machakos School

By Nitram Iedn

MACHAKOS School was temporarily closed town forcing the more than 200 KCSE candidates to take their papers from outside the school.

It is probably the first time in the history of the school founded in 1950 that an examination class is send home during examinations.

 The closure also affected over 600 students in Forms One to Three who had to go home and report after the Form Four Class had left, underlining some rare loathing that is yet to be analyzed and categorized

The candidates were ordered out of the school after a meeting chaired by Machakos DEO Mr.Richard Midambo following disturbances that saw windowpanes at the Assembly Hall broken by riotous boys whose grievances were not understandable, an act the hints at raw carnage in school.

 Police recovered a toy pistol, machetes and rubber whips from the fourth formers.

 Midambo said the rest of the students in forms One, Two and Three were sent home until  last batch of the candidates with sit for their last paper and leave the school.

 The return of turmoil to Machakos School is an imperfection to a peaceful stint enjoyed at the School.It is an incident that took many by surprise, given that the School enjoyed a peaceful year since the posting of Mr Masaku Muiya as Chief Principal to lead the institution.

 After the turmoil begun, the Form Four boys were escorted back to the school under tight security to go and sit for the remaining examination paper the next day.

 Acting OCPD P.N.Wambugu confirmed the toy pistol and the whips were found in a bag inside the dinning hall after smoking the students out.

“It is difficult to establish the owner of the bag now but we have launched investigations into the incident”,he said.

 “There were no grievances from the form four students. They only wanted to protect the bad things they intended to do”,he said.

 Eye witnesses said some of the form four students were spotted in Machakos town during the day and were heard singing solidarity songs in readiness for mayhem. Nevertheless, hundreds of students from the other classes streamed out of the school that evening to avoid being harmed by the Form Fours.

 They spend the night in unknown places in Machakos Town where they were seen loitering, dressed in school uniform, T- Shirts, some carrying books in their hands.

 Sources indicated that the decision to send the boys home and scatter the form fours was reached at the advise of the District Security Committee after it analysed evidence and arsenal found with the Form Four class,  “ They seem to have a mission unaccomplished and we will not avail them the opportunity to cause mayhem in the school” said a security source.

It is also clear that the security team assessed the situation and concluded they could not guarantee security for the students given the prevailing circumstances.

 The form four students spent the night in the cold outside the local DCs offices  under armed guard after the police herded them there following the aborted riots.

During the night incident, the fourth formers broke glass widows using machetes and sticks, forcing the police to move a in and arrested them.

The discovery of a toy pistol, rubber whips and the machetes and an assortment of crude weapons remained a mystery to the school community, security agents and the towns residents, stressing that a criminal assault was on the cards.

Mr Muiya said a section of the form four candidates sneaked into the school and stole books belonging to other students.

The DC said posters advertising a “leaver” disco at a club in the show ground were recovered in the school. Police are investigating the origin of a text short message send to the Principal during the skirmishes.

“The white man cannot afford to erode our culture, the traditions of Machakos school must be kept pure. Military training is good for their future”, read the message sent to The Anchor by Mr Muiya. There was no immediate interpretation of the message, but there is no pretence that a perverted mind engineered the text. It seems the message was generated after the school administration remained firm that any form of hooliganism would not be tolerated. The School has had a history of annual lawless that was stopped last year after the posting of Mr Muiya

It is possible that the perverts were referring to this past lawlessness as the school’s ‘culture’ since the Form Four Class has endured riots since they were in Form I, four years ago.”It has been the school’s culture for the departing students to either beat up their juniors or cause damage on the school infrastructure as a departure signal” said a source that refused to be named. Reports indicate that the students planned to ‘discipline’ their juniors and destroy property before leaving.

Mr Muiya says one of his tasks in the school is to rid the 1950 institution of this negative attitude of destruction and instill a sense of positive thinking, that the students must leave the institution better than they found it since it has a long tradition of producing leaders.

Kitui's Mineral wealth

Kitui County's range of 

mineral wealth is unveiled

 By Boniface Mulu

A policy consultant for the Kenyan government, Mr. Peter Temi Mutia, has said that it has been established that the Kitui County has one of the biggest quantities of mineral deposits in the world.

The Anchor: Konza Ranch: Approval for subdivision but...

The Anchor: Konza Ranch: Approval for subdivision but...: NEMA bows to pressure   By Anchor Reporters   KONZA Ranch flexed its muscles, forcing the National Environment Management Authority(NEMA) ...

Konza Ranch: Approval for subdivision but...

NEMA bows to pressure 

By Anchor Reporters

 

KONZA Ranch flexed its muscles, forcing the National Environment Management Authority(NEMA) into action towards the subdivision of the ranch.

The Anchor: Battle for Coal: Who will benefit in Kitui?

The Anchor: Battle for Coal: Who will benefit in Kitui?: Battle lines drawn over Coal mining in Mui Basin By Martin Masai OVER 30,000 families face displacement in the Mui basin as the rush ...

Battle for Coal: Who will benefit in Kitui?

Battle lines drawn over

Coal mining in Mui Basin

By Martin Masai

 

OVER 30,000 families face displacement in the Mui basin as the rush for 400 million tones of Coal in the Kitui County begins.