Dr Wasanga records statement with EACC

Dr Wasanga grilled by EACC

In storm over his new job

By Anchor Reporter

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have grilled the Makueni County Secretary Dr Paul Wasanga over circumstances resulting in his appointment for the job.

The Anchor established yesterday that Wasanga had recorded a lengthy statement that covers how he elbowed his way to become the county boss after he chaired the panel that interviewed other applicants for the post

An EACC source that is versed with the investigation said Wasanga and other panelists, along with applicants who sat for the interview had recorded statements.   

Names of those who have recorded statements include Mr wasanga, who also is a former CEO of the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC), Eng .Jacqueline Musyoki..former CEO..Kenya Water Trust Fund, Mr Benjamin Mutie who is the Chairman of the Makueni County Public Service Board. Incidentally, those who have been grilled comprise a team that is seen as Governor Kivutha Kibwana’s advisors.

Four other people who were candidates for the post have also recorded statements with EACC. Investigators are analyzing score sheets for each of the candidates and minutes generated by the interviewing panel after each appearance.

The records were seized by investigators when the EACC swooped in Dr Wasanga’s offices and those of the Makueni County Public Services Board.

At the time of the interviews both Mr Wasanga and Dr Musyoki did not have official designations at the County Government and investigators are questioning the circumstances that catapulted them to the panel. Mr Charles Mutuku, a monied.businessman viewed by many as chief financier to Governor, who also sat in the panel was yet to record a statement by the time we went to press,

“Investigators have recorded detailed statements from virtually all of them. Only two members of the panel are yet to record their versions of what took place”, the source said adding that the entire account looks like a circus.

Investigators are trying to unravel how Wasanga presided over the interview panel as Chairman and ended up slotting himself as the successful candidate.

EACC is looking at the whole process of employment from the application, shortlisting, interviews,vetting  to appointment of the substantive County Secretary.

The most intriguing aspect is that Dr Wasanga interviewed his competitors, some viewed as better qualified than him. Questions are being raised as to why the Makueni Public Service Board did not do its job independently..

The employment of Wasanga got  into trouble when two residents from Makueni brought a sworn petition to the  Makueni Assembly opposing his appointment as the county secretary. 

They cited his tenure at the Kenya National Examination Council where the yet unresolved bribery saga nicknamed  Chicken Gate was hatched under his watch.

EACC is also keen to establish the authenticity of a certificate of clearance from the EACC that Dr Wasanga may have presented to prove that he had no baggage carried over from KNEC.

Ngilu scores big on pledge to remove asbestos waste

Firm gets a 15 day deadline

to remove asbestos waste

The High Court today gave a company that dumped poisonous asbestos waste in land associated with the family of a former Chief Justice Kitili Mwendwa in Kitui County a 15 day ultimatum to remove and dispose of the poisonous cargo currently quarantined at Kitui Stadium.

A tale of deprivation of the Ngulya people

Decades of injustices for the
Ngulya people of Kibwezi

By Stephen Nzioka

For more than four decades, they have lived in squalor. They have been abandoned by successive governments and short-changed by leaders, with empty promises of finding them alternative land.

EACC swoops on Makueni

EACC probes Wasanga's

appointment as Makueni CS

.By Daniel kituku, 

The Ethics and Anti corruption commission (EACC)   has swooped on Makueni County Government over the appointment of Dr Paul Wasanga as County Secretary. 

Fervent defense for KCHIC

Drop the scorn, K-CHIC
is a blessing to Kitui

A COMMENTARY

By Munyasya Musya
Assistant Director

The face of K-CHIC campaign

Communications and Public Relations
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. Philippians 4:8

K-CHIC- Kitui's Healthcare Solution

Man allegedly killed nephew to earn insurance benefit

Man denies murdering

nephew over insurance

 A top insurance executive- Mr Evans Masaku Kasyoki today denied murdering his nephew to earn a Sh 9m insurance claim. The suspect linked to controversial murder of Eric Makau in 2014 appeared before Machakos High Court Judge Justice George Odunga. Mr Kasyoki denied the allegations of killing the late Makau in order to benefit from the life insurance claim.

Kiu land owner warns grabbers

Land fraudsters 
target Yoani Farm

Fraudsters are invading  Yoani Farm owned by Stanley & Son Limited. Yoani Farm is located near Salama on the road to Ngaamba/ Kiu.  in Makueni County. The imposters aim at grabbing it from its owners.
The grabbers, posing as genuine owners of the land are mobilizing unsuspecting citizens, purporting to sale shares of the property that would result in the ownership of parcels of the land owned by Mr Robin Stanley.
The grabbers are taking cue from a style that begun in Mavoko where they have been targeting land belonging to East African Portland Cement. They have also set their eyes on land belonging to ICIPE on Konza plains and have been pushed further down the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway in search of land that they can use to con a land thirsty middle class.
Today, Mr Stanley who is the Managing Director of Stanley and Son Limited put has up a Caveat Emptor, warning the grabbers to keep off the land or face legal consequences. The following is the entire notice.

PUBLIC NOTICE 

CAVEAT EMPTOR

LAND REFERENCE NUMBER 1748, KIIMA KIU/KALANZONI AND MUKAA WARD, MAKUENI COUNTY – REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF

STANLEY & SON LIMITED

THE PROPERTY IS NOT FOR SALE

TAKE NOTICE that STANLEY & SON LIMITED (the Company) is the registered and absolute owner of all that parcel of land known as Land Reference Number 1748 situated North East of Kiu Trading Centre in Makueni County (the Property)

It has come to the attention of the Company that certain person(s) are purporting to have an interest in the above Property and are holding themselves out as registered owners and/or persons with a valid legal interest in the Property.

The Company therefore notifies the public that:

1.   any person who purports to dispose of the Property by way of sale, assignment or transfer is liable to be charged and convicted of theft;

2.   the relevant authorities have been notified of these developments; and

3.   any one continuing to deal with these fraudulent individuals does so entirely at their own risk and the resultant agreements and/or arrangements are null and void.

Dated at Makueni this 27 August 2018

STANLEY & SON LIMITED

Ngilu meets artisinal miners

Ngilu's pledge on 

Kitui's mineral wealth

BY GABRIEL NDELEVA

Governor Charity Ngilu today vowed to ensure that Kitui realizes the full benefits of its the vast mineral deposits.

She said land owners in the areas with the mineral deposits are appropriately  taken care of.

Gov Kivutha demands better outputs

Makueni County staff sign

performance  contracts

All employees of the government of Makueni county will now work under performance contracts in order to improve service delivery.The employees, including the entire cabinet, Chief Officers, Directors, and chairpersons of various authorities under the County Government signed the performance contracts on Monday, in an event presided over by governor Kivutha Kibwana and his deputy Adelina Mwau.

Ngilu tells off MCAs on joy rides

Ngilu sets new rule

on county spending

By Gabriel Ndeleva

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu today vowed that the County will not spend it's money outside Kitui

on goods or services which can be accessed locally.

Ndengu Revolution enters new phase

Ngilu launches tractors 

for early farm preparation

By Munyasya Musya

THE Ndengu Revolution roared on yesterday with Governor Kaluki Ngilu launching new tractors to plough farms for vulnerable residents. This brings to 17 the fleet of tractors in the county deployed to help poor farmers prepare their farms ahead of the October - December rains.

Speaking  at Mrs. Makaa Kimanzi’s farm in Malondo village in Mutonguni Ward of Kitui West sub county, Governor Ngilu asked farmers in villages across the county to form committees that will help in identifying poor farmers who would be given priority in the programme.

“While wealthier farmers can access tractor services from private owners, there is need to help the poor actualize food security in the county”, she said.

Kitui launches drive against road carnage

Kitui mounts joint war 

against road accidents

By Barrack Muli

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu and the county's security team have launched a joint campaign to tame road carnage in the county.  The campaign aims at sensitizing road users on the need to shun careless driving on roads and stop untimely loss of lives.

Ngilu lobbies agricultural extension staff

Ngilu pitches for Agriculture

and livestock development 

By Munyasya Musya

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has pledged to strengthen the agricultural and livestock sectors to boost food security and wealth creation in the county. Noting that the five pillars in her development manifesto were interlinked, Ngilu said water, agriculture and livestock development were key determinants of success in the other pillars of healthcare, women empowerment and wealth creation.

Kibwana's boost to ECD

Kibwana launches

ECD books

Governor Kivutha Kibwana has today launched 27,000 Early Childhood Development new curriculum text book at Mavindu primary school, Mbooni subcounty. The textbooks, valued at Sh 6.1 million, will be distributed to 1,350 ECD centres across the county. Governor Kibwana also commissioned two ECD classes at Mavindu ECD centre.

Kibwana flags off 150 trainees

150 young people to benefit from

 agri-business training scholarships

At least 150 young people from Makueni County will undergo an intensive three months agribusiness training at the Miramar International College, Nairobi. The 150 are representatives from the 30 wards, awarded scholarships by the German International Development Agency (GIZ), through the County government and KCB foundation.

Ngilu accounts for her first year in office

Gov. Ngilu accounts 

for first year in office

Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu has given a list of her achievements since she was elected Governor of Kitui.

Speaking to a forum of Kitui professionals, a caucus that was key to her election, the Governor, flanked by her cabinet and top officials outlined her administration's achievements and agenda to fully deliver on her Five Pillar manifesto. 

I had the honor of presiding over the launch of Kitiu county's Universal Healthcare plan.

The Kitui County Healthcare Insurance Cover #KCHIC which seeks to provide health care coverage to over 270,000 households.

President @UKenyatta was represented by CS Cecily Kariuki. pic.twitter.com/Q5znZTjiW3

— Charity Ngilu (@mamangilu) August 21, 2018

Ngilu launches UHC

Ngilu kicks off Kitui County

 Insurance Cover(KCHIC)

The ambitious Kitui County Health Insurance Cover that will offer affordable health care to an estimated 270,000 households of Kitui County has finally kicked off. The launch at Katulani Level IV hospital now places Kitui County in the annals of history as the second county after Makueni to offer her residents affordable healthcare in the country. 

From our archives:The Anchor April 2009. Second Post

MP's tax shame: It is not mere
refusal to pay up. It is official fraud

THE centre for Law and Research International (CLARION) and the Kenyans for Justice and Development (KEJUDEV)  has demanded that Members of Parliament must pay taxes just like any ordinary Kenyan.