Mumias East MP Peter Salasya is currently on the run after allegedly threatening Kakamega magistrate Gladys Kiama.
The incident transpired outside the court premises on Monday, immediately after the magistrate issued an order for the MP to pay Sh500,000 in a small claims case.
The MP later took his frustrations to social media where he implied that the Magistrate made the ruling because he had declined her sexual advances.
“We mama mtu akikukataa unawekea yeye hasira. But we shall overcome. We have fought bigger wars,” said the Mp in a now deleted Facebook Post.
Salasya has switched off his mobile phones in order to elude authorities. He has been urged by law enforcement to surrender and provide an official statement regarding the incident.
Magistrate Kiama reported the threatening encounter to the Kakamega police station on Monday afternoon, detailing that the MP had explicitly threatened her life before fleeing the scene.
This confrontation unfolded after she delivered a judgment that dismissed Salasya’s counterclaim against repaying a debt amounting to Sh500,000.
The court’s ruling established that the Mumias East MP had borrowed the sum from Kakamega-based businessman Robert Lutta in December 2022.
Lutta had extended the loan to Salasya shortly after the MP’s victory in the Mumias East parliamentary seat during the August 2022 election. Despite frequent reminders, Salasya failed to repay the loan within the stipulated two-month timeframe.
Taking legal action, Lutta, through lawyer Edwin Wafula, filed a lawsuit against the MP on October 23, 2023.
Supporting his case with bank transfer details, Lutta expressed readiness to utilize the Civil Procedure Act to pursue civil jail penalties if the MP continued to default on the debt.
The court, in its judgment, mandated Salasya to settle the Sh500,000 debt along with accrued interest and cover the costs of the legal proceedings.
