Saturday, 30 December 2023
7,000 Mwala students get bursaries,MP hits at Wavinya
Ever eaten donkey meat?
Friday, 22 December 2023
Machakos misses World Bank's Kes 2b
Thursday, 21 December 2023
Wavinya's Chief Officer quits
Chief Officer ousted
Kitheka is Suspended
By Brian Malasi
Simeon Kioko Kitheka,the Trade Chief Officer in Governor Wavinya Ndeti has been suspended.
A letter written to him by County Secretary and Head of Public Service Dr. Muia Ndambuki said Kitheka is suspended indefinitely.
He is not authorised to act for the County Government of Machakos, the letter added.
He is the second Chief Officer to leave office in as many months after the exit of his Investments counterpart Peter Mutwiwa who used fake University of Nairobi papers to get his job.
Mr Kitheka, an ex- school principal and immediate former chairman of Universal Traders Sacco was also given 24 hours to cause the surrender of his official car keys. It was not clear how he ended up keeping the keys.
No reasons were given for the suspension. The letter of suspension appears to be a follow-up of a memo from Kitheka's boss, the County Minister for Trade Ms Mutua, dated May 19,2023.
Though the contents of the minister's memo remain unclear, a video has emerged from an incident in Kitale where protesters were condemning Kitheka for tempering with Chamber elections in Kitale.
More to follow .
Monday, 18 December 2023
Why Climate Justice is a moral imperative
A CSO's review of Kenya’s
amended Climate Change Act
By Mercy John
In May 2016, former President Uhuru Kenyatta introduced the Climate Change Act, the first of its kind in Africa. It was designed not only to establish mechanisms and strategies for achieving low-carbon climate development, but also to mainstream climate change as a central agenda in the development process. The legislation was enacted as a response to a need for a regulatory framework that could address climate change more effectively, especially in the face of challenges, such as a severe drought affecting approximately two million Kenyans at the time.
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Verbatim report: Part 2
Verbatim:How MCAs tried,
convicted County clerk
Thursday, 7 December 2023
A verbatim report on how Clerk was removed- Part 1
A blow by blow account of how
Clerk was tried and convicted
Wednesday, 6 December 2023
Assembly votes to remove Clerk
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Suspended Clerk halts ouster
Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Why Assembly Clerk was ousted
By Anchor Reporter
DETAILS are emerging on the exact reasons that led to the suspension of the Machakos County Assembly Clerk Mr Joseph Mutisya.
Mr Mutisya, the Suspended Assembly Clerk |
It now transpires that Mr Mutisya obtained a loan of Kes 100m to fund loans for MCAs at a commercial rate from a local bank without authority of the County Assembly of Machakos. How the banks acceded to the request deepens the mystery even further, exposing the downsides of devolution.
Informed sources say top authorities from the County Government of Machakos instructed Mr Mutisya to obtain the loan and assuage pressure from the MCAs on the County Executive.
A source that is privy to the matters boiling at the assembly says Mr Mutisya went blindly to obtain the loan, even without any written instruction from the County Executive. The County Executive is reported to have denied ever giving such instructions. The events are the climax of illicit connivance between individuals within the two arms of government in Machakos County and are likely to split the MCAs down the middle.
" His most grave mistake to failing to seek concurrence with the County Assembly Service Board before executing the directive of the County Executive- begging the question- Whose interest does he serve" said the source, who pleaded to remain anonymous.
Mr Mutisya is also accused of procuring insurance for the Assembly assets and fleet of vehicles including the Speaker's limousine on Third Party General Insurance- instead of a Comprehensive Cover. This means that his actions put at a huge risk not just the buildings but indeed the human resource, including over 60 MCAs who serve the County Assembly.
Worse still, the assembly's procurement office was not consulted over the insurance acquisition and neither was the Service Board's concurrence sought before it was effected. Questions are flying around as to how the previous comprehensive cover lapsed without action being taken on time to renew it.
Mr Mutisya was sent home last week after a session of the Assembly Service Board meeting that gave him a 14 day notice show cause why he should not be summarily dismissed.
He was accused of incompetence, inaction in implementing Assembly resolutions and altering Assembly Legislation. He is alleged to have been making the alterations in collaboration with the Finance Department of the County Government of Machakos- to an extend that he acted as if he was the assembly itself.
Mr Dennis Mutui, the Deputy Clerk for Legislative Affairs was appointed to act as Assembly Clerk.
Monday, 20 November 2023
Graft: Ex Minister detained
Wednesday, 15 November 2023
New Assembly Clerk gazetted
Assembly Clerk suspended
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
Kitui Launches myCountyApp
Tuesday, 10 October 2023
Ndeti dismisses minister
Tuesday, 19 September 2023
Here is the award winning story
Machakos journalist
receives award in Sydney
The Anchor now brings you the Award Winning Story as written and published.
Tuesday, 5 September 2023
Kisilu Mutua dies at 80
He is alleged to have killed
politician Pio Gama Pinto
By Kivutha Kibwana
Kisilu Mutua, who was jailed in 1965 for allegedly assassinating Pio Gama Pinto, died last Sunday evening at the age of 80.
He hails from Masii in Machakos County, and also lived in Eastleigh, Kyambiu.
Kisilu leaves behind a widow, Ruth Minoo, and three children -Stephen Mutuku, Lazarus Munyao and Mariam Ngami.
In 2017, the High Court of Kenya found that he had been tortured by the police in 1965 so as to force him to sign a document which was used as evidence to incriminate him in his murder trial.
Kisilu who was 22 years at the time of his arrest spent 36 years in prison before a belated presidential pardon in 2001.
May his soul rest in peace.
May the Kenya government begin an investigation into who assassinated the revolutionary Pinto and the others who faced similar fate in independent Kenya.
Monday, 7 August 2023
Mbaitu360 hits the market
Mbaitu radio launches
inimitable marketing tool
A local radio station Mbaitu FM is launching
the market’s novel marketing tool- Mbaitu360 in a leap that seeks to break
barriers for clients’ desires amid plummeting advertising revenues.
Mr Masai, during a Mbaitu360 briefing in Nairobi |
Dubbed Mbaitu Ndunyu, the tool seeks to provide clients with a wide range of access to Lower Eastern Counties of Machakos, Kitui and Makueni, bringing them face to face with over 7 million people over 20,000 women groups, 60,000 traders, and over 500,000 members of Financial Services Associations(FSAs) each month.
The tool that creates a market place and haul both sellers
and buyers to it, providing a 360 approach-On Air, On Ground and a Digital
Pitch at a go, is on trial for free but will be loaded for client buy- in come
August 2023.
“We have opted to hit the ground in a different way and stay
way ahead of the competition- providing our clients with solutions in a market
that we know best”, said Martin Masai, the Managing Director of Eastern
Broadcasting Corporation, the holding company of Mbaitu FM.
“We are creating a market where clients sell their brands
and goods in multiple platforms at a go and stay happy. It is a value based
methodology where we expose clients to virtually everyone, everywhere in Lower
Eastern where we have stamped our authority for close to 20 years since our
inception in 2004”, he added.
The novel tool provides a compounded approach- where clients
enjoy more than the traditional offering of On-Air Activation. Mbaitu Ndunyu
will also provide the experiential out door engagement- complete with Outside
Broadcast support where clients will come face to face with clients in a bold
step to demystify radio, combine this will deployment of its Social Media
assets including its digital platforms and army of influencers. To ice the
cake, Mbaitu Ndunyu will be supported by its brand ambassadors- giving clients
a lasting after effect- what sets Mbaitu FM apart from its competitors.
Mbaitu Ndunyu commenced its in-house trials a week ago and
is due for launch to clients on August 24, 2023. The move is the radio’s
response to the emerging trends where traditional marketing trends are
threatened by emerging technology, client desires, a depressed economy and
crowded markets where too many players are fighting for a reducing cake.
Worse still, the country is poised for mass smart phone
exposure, a development that will further impair radio set listenership and
migrate masses to smart phones- hence the spiraling demand for digital astuteness.
Mbaitu FM, covering Lower Eastern with four frequencies has
thus invested in an outdoor rig, with a mounted Outside Broadcast unit,
acquiring the ability to take the studios out there anywhere and anytime-
offering clients a unique experience to strategically penetrate the region.
Tuesday, 18 July 2023
Ex County Clerk killed
Ex Machakos County
Clerk found dead
Mr. Felix Gitari Mbiuki, the first Clerk of the County Assembly was today found killed in his personal vehicle.
Former Machakos County Clerk and Tharaka Nithi politician was found dead in his vehicle with gunshot injuries at Kanyuambora, Embu County.
Mr. Mbiuki who was a gubernatorial aspirant in the last general elections was found by villagers of Kanganga with gunshot injuries on his head, inside his vehicle KCT 086H as confirmed by Mbeere- North Sub County Commander Eric Yego.
Mr. Yego said that residents grew suspicious after they noticed the car that had been parked at the scene for some time only to peep and notice a man lying inside unconscious bleeding from the head.
“They called us immediately, we came in took the body to the morgue and have since commenced investigation on what transpired,” he added.
The Deceased who is also a businessman and runs Gitari Mbiuki Foundation has been mourned by Tharaka Nithi Politicians among them Maara MP Kareke Mbiuki, Former VC Chuka University and gubernatorial candidate Prof. Erastus Njoka.
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