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Machakos budget standoff paralyses youth and bursary funding

Sacco ReviewSeptember 3, 202605 mins

Machakos budget cuts put bursaries and youth programmes at risk. Residents demand answers as key county services remain paralysed. Governor Wavinya clashes with MCAs over funding for youth programmes. Budget cuts for education bursaries, youth empowerment and vocational training programmes are at the centre of the budget stalemate in Machakos County. The standoff brought Machakos…

Wavinya returns Machakos Finance Bill amid budget stalemate

Sacco ReviewSeptember 1, 2026010 mins

Wavinya has returned Machakos’ 2026/27 Budget to the Assembly. The move follows a tense dispute over receiving the documents. She says Ksh853.96 million was wrongly shifted from key programmes. Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti returned the county’s 2026/2027 Budget to the County Assembly on Monday, after a dispute over the Assembly clerk’s refusal to receive the…