{"id":3306,"date":"2025-04-06T18:01:30","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2025-04-06T18:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T18:04:48","slug":"the-roar-of-lionessback-off-machakos-wavinya-ndeti-warns-former-governor-alfred-mutua-over-political-meddling-dares-mutua-to-start-a-war-he-can-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/06\/the-roar-of-lionessback-off-machakos-wavinya-ndeti-warns-former-governor-alfred-mutua-over-political-meddling-dares-mutua-to-start-a-war-he-can-win\/","title":{"rendered":"The roaring of lioness:Back Off Machakos! Governor Wavinya Ndeti Warns former governor Alfred Mutua Over Political Meddling, dares Mutua to start a war he can  win."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has fired a blistering warning to her predecessor, Dr. Alfred Mutua, accusing him of shameless political sabotage and gross interference in the affairs of her government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3307\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3307\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3307\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3307\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture: governor wavinya Ndeti<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking with the full force of authority during a church service in Mitaboni, Kathiani, Ndeti ripped into Mutua\u2019s underhand dealings, warning him in no uncertain terms to \u201cstart a war only if he is sure he can win.\u201d Her words carried the fury of a leader fed up with backdoor politics and determined to guard the sanctity of her administration from what she described as a calculated campaign of disruption and propaganda.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3308\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3308\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961733158.jpg 1070w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Picture: Former governor Alfred Mutua<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a stinging critique,governor wavinya Ndeti exposed Mutua&#8217;s darkness dealings in deploying Machakos MCAs loyal to his crumbling Maendeleo Chap Chap party as political mercenaries tasked with sowing discord between her executive and the county assembly as well as using his moles in governor wavinya&#8217;s administration to fight and derail service delivery while serving in the same government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3309\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3309 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961514534-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961514534-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961514534-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961514534.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: Deputy governor Francis Mwangangi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3310\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3310\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3310 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961520354-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961520354-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961520354-768x522.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961520354.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: County Secretary Dr. Victor Muya<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3311\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3311\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3311 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961536385-300x243.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961536385-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961536385-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961536385.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture: Chief of Staffs Lawrence Ngovi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3312\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961529636-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961529636-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961529636-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961529636.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She exposed what she termed as Mutua\u2019s desperate attempts to cling onto power by remote control, refusing to let go of a county whose leadership he no longer holds. \u201cWhen he was governor, I never lifted a finger against his administration,\u201d she thundered. \u201cNow he lurks in the shadows, engineering chaos and playing puppet master with county affairs. That ends today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Governor Ndeti didn\u2019t stop at Mutua ,she sent a chilling warning to any county officials secretly colluding with the former governor to undermine her administration. \u201cWe know you,\u201d she declared, \u201cand your days of backstabbing this government are numbered ,you will be relived duties and go join Mutua .\u201d Her administration, she insisted, will not be bullied into submission or distracted by petty political games. Instead, she vowed to focus on delivering services to the people of Machakos without compromise, without fear, and without yielding to those who failed to leave gracefully.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3313\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-1-300x217.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-1-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961511166-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This bold and public dressing down of Alfred Mutua marks a turning point in Machakos politics. Ndeti has drawn a hard line, refusing to be a silent victim of sabotage disguised as opposition. With her house in order and her allies by her side, she has dared Mutua to continue his political mischief but made it clear that this time, he will face a fight he cannot win.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti has fired a blistering warning to her predecessor, Dr. Alfred Mutua, accusing him of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3314,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-governance"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494.jpg",1080,536,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-300x149.jpg",300,149,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-768x381.jpg",640,318,true],"large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-1024x508.jpg",640,318,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494.jpg",1080,536,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494.jpg",1080,536,false],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-1024x508.jpg",1024,508,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-825x536.jpg",825,536,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1743961924494-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"Kambaland Times","author_link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/author\/kituitimes\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/category\/governance\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Governance<\/a>","tag_info":"Governance","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3306"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3318,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3306\/revisions\/3318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}