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FROM LEFT: Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua, acting County Secretary Grace Munguti, Labour Adviser Bernadette Nzyoka, Senior Public Servant Sam Mbova and the newly appointed Anti-Corruption Adviser Hyslop Ipu after a press conference in Machakos, yesterday. [PHOTO: COURTESY]
From being the first county to host an investor conference, boasting of being home to Africa's only field amphitheatre - also known as The People's Park - and having the continent's fastest-built highway, Machakos County has arguably hogged news headlines for all the good reasons.
Governor Alfred Mutua, a former Government spokesman, has also earned a fair share of the glory, dominating press reports, receiving rare praise from hard-to-please social media users and bloggers for the development projects he has unveiled and earning the tag of "Kenya's only performing governor".
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