Ngilu's Graduation Day

Ngilu Speech on

day she graduated

"Today is a great day. A great day not just for me, my family, my friends but for the cause of lead­ership in this country. It is a great day because the power of collective effort has de­liv­ered success yet again. I stand here humbled by the support I re­ceived from so many in­di­viduals in the course of my aca­demic jour­ney.

Turn for CJ Mutunga

Judiciary only 

hope for Kenya
By Anne Wanjiku
The promulgation of the new constitution spelt out a new dawn in Kenya. Or did it? Hypothetically, it did. This very same constitution contains the vital Chapter Six which clearly outlines matters of leadership and integrity.

Stop hoodlums of Makueni

Hoodlums of Makueni

must be stopped now

A very worrying trend is emerging in Makueni County where violence seems to inform political activity in the county.

Clinching Machakos Town Seat

Ex allies are Dr Munyaka's

foes in Machakos Town race

By Anchor Reporter

The race for Machakos Town Constituency is heating up with the incumbent Dr Victor Munyaka sending mixed signals on his ability to defend his seat.

Mr Kitheka

Ex-MP's bush sex tale

Maitha's bush sex case

could end political career

By Bonface Wambua

A case  arousing great enthusiasm in a Kangundo court may well define the future of former Kangundo MP Moffat Maitha in politics.

Ex Kangundo MP Moffat Maitha and his co-accused

Principals face transfers

Looming Transfers

for school Principals

By Anchor Reporter

Secondary schools’ head teachers in Machakos County have chosen officials to lead them in the Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESHA) as a warning was issued that long serving Principals would have to move to new stations.

Graft claims in Machakos CDF

Mr Muasya at the Mwanyani Borehole

Machakos Town's

CDF fiasco

By Jonathan Mutiso

Furious  members of Kyeni Kya Mwanyani S.H.G  have for the second time  appealed to Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate  the Machakos  CDF committee  saying the  kitty is riddled with corruption and mismanagement.

Battle on TV

Aspirants for Governor's 

seat clash on Live TV debate

By Terry Nzau

SIX people from among whom the Gov­er­nor of Machakos is likely to be elected forced a Television station to put off a heated live TV show after the show became rowdy.

Options for Kalonzo

Tough Options for VP


FEW months into the General Election apprehension reigns supreme out of the grim reality that national politics, and indeed in the local scene, portend for Lower Eastern.

Verbatim: Mrs Ngilu's Basic Needs Revolution speech

 

Mrs Ngilu after launching he presidential campaign in Nairobi

Mrs Ngilu's Basic Needs 

Revolution Speech

Delivered at KICC  as she launched her Presidential bid

 

"Salutations

 NARC Party delegates, my honorable colleagues, distinguished guests, Dear Kenyans, ladies and gentlemen. It is with great humility and gratitude that I accept the Narc Party nomination to run for the presidency of the Republic of Kenya in the 2013 general elections. This is not only a great privilege to me, but a manifestation of the confidence the NARC Party Membership have in me and my leadership. 

Catholics demand representation

Catholic Bishops lay claim

to  slots in education boards

By Anchor Reporters

The Catholic Church is staking a claim to be represented in Kenya’s National Education Board.

Catholic bishops, as they laid their claim, faulted the Basic Education Bill 2012, citing its composition of the Selection Panel for the National Education Board and the church’s representation on the County Education Board.

Kathiani seeks Wavinya's successor

Kathiani politics

without Wavinya

Voting pattern in Kathiani constituency of Machakos County will would be affected by the geographical origin of candidates as several of them hail from the same locality therefore are likely to share votes. More than nine aspirants both old and young have declared interest since the incumbent Wavinya Ndeti is going for governorship.

Makueni: Mutula, Ndambuki, Mwau at daggars drawn

Who between Ndambuki, Mwau 

and Mutula is best siuted as Senator?

THE race for Makueni Senator’s seat is getting more competitive wit the entry of Education Minister Mutula Kilonzo .

What looked a fairly straight fight for Kaiti MP Gedion Ndambuki and Kilome MP John Harrun Mwau will certainly get complicated and more divisive as voters choose who between their sons will be senator.

Politics in Machakos County

Battle lines for Key 

Machakos seats drawn

The scramble for elective seats in Machakos County has started taking shape as the March 4, 2013 General election draws closer.

Why The Anchor?

Why choose 

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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.

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Lukenya Schools' milestone

Lukenya Schools mark

20 years of hard work

By Martin Masai

LUKENYA Schools  are this year celebrating 20 years since the first of their institutions was founded.But much as attainment of 20 years  of great academic achievement is a great deal for a school by any standards, Lukenya Schools are seemingly taking it in their stride. To mark the day, the schools hosted what looked like a routine event- a Prize Giving Day. It is a routine in all their schools each year

How County Governments will work

 CIVIC EDUCATION

How National and County

Governments will operate

By Julius M. Malombe

The National Government is, among other functions, charged with the responsibility for national policy, national standards, regulation, national public works, national statistics, macroeconomic management, foreign affairs, defence and natural re-sources (Fourth Schedule)

Home Stretch for Konza Ranch

Konza  society mulls over  its success

in historic sub-division of ranch

MEMBERS of the giant Konza Ranching Co-operative society are thrilled by the success already achieved in sub-di-viding and sharing out the ranches’ 22,000 acres of land.

During their 47^th Annual Gen-eral Meeting, the farmers were briefed on the progress of the historic exercise and unani-mously endorsed contents of a report presented by the Society’s Chairman of the Board of Directors Mr David Mutangili.

They then proceeded to en-dorse virtually all resolutions that he sought from them, a move that manifested deep faith in his leadership. Even then there was a dramatic twist that saw the elevation to the Board of Directors of a former Farm Manager- Danson Mbubi who had been expelled from the ranch together with a former chairman Paul Mbole.

Uncertainty at Machakos University College

Machakos University 

admits pioneer class

 By Martin Masai

 

The Joint Admissions Board (JAB) has admitted the pioneer batch of students to begin the classes at Machakos University College in September 2012 .

The fight at AIC Bomani

AIC Bomani wages 

vicious offertory fight

By Martin Masai

In the last story carried by The Anchor on the frequent bouts of drama at the church, we reported: “But sources says the battle royale lies ahead as church groups eye the cash worshipers raise every Sunday. Though revenue has gone down considerably, those bend on dipping their hands into the church coffers are digging in for a big fight so as to join the gravy train in Bomani.”

Nearly two years later, AIC Bomani  is reeling under a civil war that literally revolves around  proceeds that committed Christians offer every Sunday. The aftermath of the war has seen the Bomani DCC emerging as the biggest loser after the Area Church Council upheld a decision of the Bomani Local Church Council to eject itself from the DCC and suspending remitting an estimated Sh 200,000 every month to the DCC.