{"id":3962,"date":"2025-06-11T15:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T15:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2025-06-11T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T16:00:06","slug":"speaker-from-hell-kakistocracy-on-parade-machakos-speaker-anne-kiusya-has-turned-the-county-assembly-into-a-battlefield-with-the-backing-of-state-house-and-the-use-of-police-officers-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/11\/speaker-from-hell-kakistocracy-on-parade-machakos-speaker-anne-kiusya-has-turned-the-county-assembly-into-a-battlefield-with-the-backing-of-state-house-and-the-use-of-police-officers-follow\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker from Hell!? Kakistocracy on Parade: Machakos Speaker Anne Kiusya has turned the county assembly into a battlefield with the backing of State House and the use of police officers\u2014following her recent closed-door meeting with President Ruto. Her mission now appears clear: to paralyze service delivery in Machakos County."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a chilling spectacle of tyranny, Machakos Speaker Anne Kiusya has crossed the Rubicon from incompetence to outright brutality. On what should have been a routine day for legislative affairs, the Assembly turned into a battlefield as sergeant-at-arms and uniformed police officers, allegedly acting on her orders, descended upon MCAs with violence. Katangi MCA Felix Ngui bore the brunt of this barbarism his coat torn, his leg nearly broken, and his body kicked to the ground at the Assembly gate, where he and fellow MCAs were being violently barred from entering the chambers to perform the duties entrusted to them by the voters. Left groaning in pain and humiliation, his only &#8220;crime&#8221; was attempting to carry out his constitutional mandate. This is not leadership. It is state-enabled political thuggery and Kiusya must be held accountable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sources with<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3963\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655992648-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655992648-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655992648-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655992648-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655992648.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>in the Assembly revealed to our senior political reporter that Kiusya\u2019s iron-fisted actions stem from a clandestine pact sealed during her recent visit to State House, where President William Ruto is said to have issued a directive: paralyze the Assembly, silence defiant MCAs, and sabotage service delivery in Machakos. Since then, Kiusya has ruled like a colonial governor, issuing suspension letters to defiant MCAs and weaponizing security forces against dissent. This descent into autocracy is a direct affront to Kenya\u2019s constitutional values and a betrayal of the public\u2019s trust. But power, no matter how violently enforced, is ephemeral. The people of Machakos are watching and they will remember.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3969\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655108230-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655108230-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655108230-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655108230.jpg 780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3970\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250605-WA0785-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250605-WA0785-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250605-WA0785-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250605-WA0785-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250605-WA0785.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3971\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250611-WA0578-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250611-WA0578-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG-20250611-WA0578.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Propping up this regime of chaos is a well-oiled triangle of betrayal, with former Governor Alfred Mutua and Mavoko MP Patrick Makau at its other vertices. These two power scavengers, now firmly in bed with Kiusya and backed by State House, have aided in stripping MCAs of their committee memberships, especially those who dared challenge the Speaker\u2019s draconian rule. In return, they\u2019ve flooded key Assembly roles with loyalists stooges rewarded not for competence, but for complicity. What we are witnessing is the defilement of devolution: a county legislature reduced to a puppet theatre controlled by puppeteers in Nairobi, with Kiusya as their loyal marionette.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3964\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655027526-300x256.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655027526-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655027526.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3965\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655014844-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655014844-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655014844-1024x596.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655014844-768x447.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655014844.jpg 1045w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3966\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655038445-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655038445-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655038445-768x544.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655038445.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3967\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655050769-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655050769-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655050769-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655050769.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3968\" src=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655072280-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655072280-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655072280-768x553.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/1749655072280.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But Machakos has not surrendered. Beneath the surface of fear and repression, resistance is swelling. Residents, civil society, and remaining courageous MCAs are beginning to push back. The Wiper Party, under Kalonzo Musyoka, has drawn a clear line: traitors will be excommunicated, collaborators will be named and shamed. The ballot box looms, and with it, the promise of political reckoning. This is not just a clash of personalities\u2014it is a battle for the soul of Machakos. And the people will not forget who broke their trust, trampled their rights, and turned their Assembly into a war zone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a chilling spectacle of tyranny, Machakos Speaker Anne Kiusya has crossed the Rubicon from incompetence to outright<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-governance"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40.png",1587,2245,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-212x300.png",212,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-768x1086.png",640,905,true],"large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-724x1024.png",640,905,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-1086x1536.png",1086,1536,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-1448x2048.png",1448,2048,true],"morenews-featured":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-1024x1449.png",1024,1449,true],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-825x575.png",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/News-updates-40-590x410.png",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\/3962","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=3962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3973,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3962\/revisions\/3973"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kambalandtimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}