Lawyer Sues MP Salasya Over Alleged Assault
By: NTV A lawyer in Kakamega has sued Mumias East MP Peter Salasya seeking general damages for defamation of character, psychological and emotional distress and punitive and exemplary damages. The lawyer claims the MP had attacked him verbally and physically following a case he is handling in which Mr Salasya is accused of failing to repay the Sh500,000 he borrowed after he was elected during the August 2022 general election. This comes after the MP was ordered to appear in court on November 8, 2023 to defend himself against the debt claim in which a businessman, Robert Malenya Lutta claimed Mr Salasya failed to repay the money in two months as agreed. Edwin Wawire Wafula, representing Mr Lutta is seeking the intervention of the court claiming the MP attacked him verbally and physically on two occasions within Kakamega town. On October 30, 2023, Resident Magistrate Gladys Kiama asked Mr Wafula, to serve the respondent (Salasya) with the court papers summoning him to appear in cour...
