Mumias East MP Peter Salasya was on Monday presented before the Milimani Magistrate’s Court following his dramatic arrest on Friday along the Isiolo-Nanyuki highway.
According to a statement from his aide, the legislator’s legal team waited for hours outside Courtroom 6 before being informed that an error in the charge sheet had delayed proceedings. The case was later moved to Courtroom 2.
“Peter Salasya arraigned at Milimani Law Courts. His legal team waited outside Court 6 all morning, but the magistrate announced an error in the charge sheet. The case has now moved to Court 2, and we have to wait. Seems someone is managing this matter,” the aide posted on X.
The Star is yet to confirm the specific charges the MP is facing.
Salasya was arrested by individuals who identified themselves as officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). He claims the officers intercepted his convoy, opened fire on his vehicle, and disarmed his security detail.
“I have just been attacked by unknown individuals claiming to be DCI officers,” Salasya posted on social media shortly after the incident. “They disarmed my security team, shot at my vehicle, and pursued me. One of my guards managed to help me flee into nearby bushes for safety.”
The MP further claimed that multiple vehicles surrounded his convoy, shooting at the tires of his four-wheel-drive vehicle and rendering it immobile. He was reportedly returning from political events in Meru and Isiolo and was en route to Nanyuki for a series of rallies.
