Machakos County Health executive, Justus Kasivu (centre) addresses the media at the county’s major referral hospital.[Erastus Mulwa, Standard] The County Government of Machakos has come out to clarify allegations that a section of staff working as cleaners had gone for months without pay. It has now emerged that, contrary to earlier reports published in the local media, the workers were indeed casual personnel hired by a local contractor doing business with the county government. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp Health Executive Justus Kasivu on Tuesday said the casuals attached to Machakos Level 5 Hospital were not bona fide…
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Universal Traders Sacco Chief Executive Officer, Dominic Mutunga with the organization’s chairman, Julius Mwengei during the Special Delegates Meeting.[Erastus Mulwa, Standard] Universal Traders Sacco has announced a major reduction in its external debt as part of efforts to strengthen its financial position and support members in the lower Eastern region. During the SACCO’s 7th Special Delegates Meeting in Machakos, Chairperson Julius Mwengei announced that the institution had reduced its loan balance with Co-operative Bank from Sh164 million in August 2024 to Sh3 million, with full repayment expected by the end of October 2025. Mwengei said the move will ease pressure…
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Former CS Fred Matiang’i and Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka at a past event in Wamunyoro, Nyeri County. [File, Standard] Wiper party leader, Kalonzo Musyoka and former Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang’i have vowed to defeat what they termed as State-sponsored propaganda aimed at scuttling the unity of the united opposition. Speaking at Kalonzo Musyoka’s Yatta ranch in Machakos county on Friday where he hosted a lunch for university dons and students’ leaders, the two leaders declared the attempts by some elements in the Kenya Kwanza administration to scatter the opposition is an exercise in futility. “Kalonzo Musyoka and I have…
Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka during the Mwai Kibaki 2nd Memorial Lecture & Luncheon at Nairobi Serena Hotel on 11th April 2025 [David Gichuru,Standard] Former Deputy President, Rigathi Gachagua and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka have declared that the opposition will not be slowed down by intimidation by President William Ruto’s administration. Addressing mourners at the burial of the late Reverend Joseph Nzola in Katelembo, Machakos County, the two leaders vowed that the opposition will hold together as they lead Kenyans in agitating for democracy and freedoms as enshrined in the Constitution. They termed the recent incident where goons raided…