Mumias East MP Peter Salasya Arrested After Attacking Politician at Funeral

Replace: Mumias East MP Peter Salasya was arrested and detained at Shianda Police Station on Friday after attacking Malaha MCA Peter Walunya throughout a funeral in Kakamega County. 

In keeping with a police report obtained by Kenyans.co.ke, the MP was charged with two offenses together with assault inflicting precise bodily hurt and making a disturbance in a fashion that breached part 95 (1) of the penal code. 

Salasya’s safety element was additionally disarmed whereas their firearms await ballistic evaluation. 

The MP was later launched on Saturday on a money bail of Ksh50,000. He will likely be required to look earlier than SPM’s court docket in Mumias on Tuesday to reply to the two costs. 

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Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya on Friday attacked Malaha Ward Member of County Meeting Peter Walunya following a protocol disagreement throughout a funeral in Kakamega County.

In a video seen by Kenyans.co.ke, Salasya was granted an opportunity to deal with the mourners and console the deceased’s household throughout which he shared his historical past with the household, acknowledging the function they performed in his life.

“At the start, let me ship my condolences to the household. I bear in mind the household would all the time make me really feel welcome each time I visited them. That is the rationale why I made a decision to return and console the household right now. We pray that God will proceed resting his soul in everlasting peace. Thanks,” Salasya said as he wrapped up his speech.

Moments later, the MP acquired aggrieved after he recognized Walunya who stood shut by, calling for Salasya to look at decorum in his speech. 

Salasya, nonetheless, shouted down the MCA, demanding he take his seat however the politician declined.

“Inform this individual to go sit down,” he said, which rapidly attracted the eye of the group.

“I’ve informed you to take a seat down, I am repeating it, go sit down,” the lawmaker demanded.

Moments later, Salasya proceeded to slap the politician, with the MP’s bodyguards becoming a member of and wrestling the native chief away.

Salasya’s safety element additionally fired 4 gunshots throughout the melee. 

Chaos ensued because the mourners watched the politician being kicked out of the occasion. The video has since elicited reactions from political leaders who questioned Salasya’s actions.

“Our leaders have gone mad. From an MP capturing a DJ to a different one capturing a person lifeless, to others pitting rival goons in opposition to one another and now to this! Kenyan voters should severely retrospect,” Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale said.  

Salasya has prior to now been chastised over his conduct at public occasions, with observers questioning his actions as a holder of a public workplace.

In November 2023, the lawmaker was concerned in one other confrontation as he was attacked by goons at a burial after addressing the state of the sugar business within the area and claiming how politics had contributed to the autumn of the as soon as thriving sector.

In yet one more incident in Might 2023, Salasya attacked a number of MCAs after they tried to bar him from talking on the funeral of former MCA Stephen Maloba in Khwisero.