Friday, 18 November 2011
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
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
Mwingi Water Supply
Water shortage looms
large in Mwingi town
ByWambui KirubiHope 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
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
Jailed for defiling sister
Man jailed for life
for defiling sister
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...
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
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.
Kitui's Mineral wealth
Kitui County's range of
mineral wealth is unveiled By Boniface Mulu
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
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
Syokimau demolitions: Exposing the rot
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
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