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Mumias East MP Peter Salasya
  • Salasya has been accused by a number of company owners of planning fraudulent tender schemes in his constituency.
  • Salasya approached a company in one such instance, presenting himself and members of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committee and offering a direct tender award.
  • The company was allegedly told to provide a Ksh700,000 bribe to a phone number registered in Salasya’s name in order to win the tender.

Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has, on several occasions, flaunted his payslip to the public, with his net salary being as low as Ksh 18,000. However, the youthful lawmaker has managed to live large, with him even currently putting up a multi-million mansion in his rural home in Kisumu Ndogo village.

But have you ever wondered why Salasya has been able to eat life with a big spoon despite the loans and debts that have squeezed his payslip? Well, Salasya has been accused by a number of company owners of planning fraudulent tender schemes in his constituency.

Salasya’s CDF tender frauds

Salasya approached a company in one such instance, presenting himself and members of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) committee and offering a direct tender award.

The company was allegedly told to provide a Ksh700,000 bribe to a phone number registered in Salasya’s name in order to win the tender.

Salasya reportedly stopped communicating once the cash transaction was completed, and the promised tender offer was never given out.

The phone number in question had previously been reported by Salasya to the police as being used by scammers, the duped company was told when they tried to report the occurrence to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).

Salasya in debts

In addition, Salasya has been sued for outstanding debts. The Kakamega Small Claims Court ordered him to pay back Ksh500,000 to businessman Robert Lutta in November 2023. Lutta had given him the money in December 2022 with the understanding that it would be repaid in two months. Salasya disregarded the court’s decision, and in January 2024, an arrest order was issued as a result.

Because of allegations that the car was jointly owned by the National Assembly, attempts to sell some of Salasya’s possessions, including a Toyota Land Cruiser, failed, making it more difficult to implement the court’s ruling.

Salasya financial instability

MP Salasya’s financial instability has been depicted by these occurrences. Even though he frequently exhibits amusing and lighthearted conduct in public, these ethical and legal difficulties point to more serious problems.

For his Mumias East constituency, MP Salasya’s accusations have important ramifications. Effective government depends on public faith in public authorities, and such disputes have the potential to undermine that trust.

The distribution and administration of public funds may be questioned by constituents, particularly if a representative is connected to financial wrongdoing.

There are now more demands for accountability and transparency as a result of the events that are taking place. To make sure that public office is not abused for private benefit, there is an increasing call for in-depth inquiries of Salasya’s financial transactions.

These incidents demonstrate the necessity of strong systems to hold public servants responsible and shield the public from dishonest behavior.

Salasya’s scandals are a sobering reminder of how difficult it is to guarantee moral behavior from public servants.

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A 17 year-old student, Cynthia Makokha did not know she wouldn’t make to spend her highly anticipated holiday with her family. She traveled from Nairobi to Mumias for the holiday but she met her untimely death when she was abducted, killed and her body thrown into a river.

The high school student went missing on October 4 which made her family in Kakamega to worry about her whereabouts.

The worry turned into agony days later when the girl’s body was found dumped in River Lusumu, few kilometers away from Mumias town.

The form four candidate was headed to her home in Shianda when she was abducted under unclear circumstances.

Cynthia lived with her aunt in Nairobi and she left the aunt’s house on October 4. She promised she would be back after four days to prepare for re-opening of schools on October 11.

She boarded Eldoret Express bus at 6 am and headed to Western where she was to alight at Shianda town, in Mumias East sub-county.

Her mother said that she talked with her daughter the previous day and she seemed eager to arrive home. She said she advised her daughter to carry her books so that she would continue with her studies at home.

As Cynthia was on the bus, she updated her mother and uncles in Mumias and her aunt in Nairobi on her journey.

However, after reaching Kapsabet in the afternoon, all communication stopped. The family said the girl was no longer picking calls. They assumed that she might have fallen asleep.

Around 8 pm after several attempts to reach her, she finally picked their calls and informed her worried family that she was in Butere, about 13 kilometers way from Mumias town.

Her uncle, Victor Wanga, worried about her, he rushed to Butere and he could not find her, she was no longer picking calls.

The uncle said while searching for her, her aunt in Nairobi got a message sent from her phone that she was safe.”I returned home around 11 pm hoping that she would join us the following morning,” said the uncle.

On October 5, hours after her disappearance, friends noticed that Cynthia’s Facebook page was updated with a photo of an unknown man.

Her family quickly reported her disappearance and the strange man’s photo to police in Mumias.

They discovered that the man was called Johnny and hailed from Maraba, a village in Mumias East.

Relatives and the police began a search for Johnny and when they arrived in his house, they found Cynthia’s bag and phone.

However, as the family were eager to hear from the man about Cynthia’s whereabouts, he kept silent and offered no information.

“The man denied knowing my daughter even after he was arrested. This left us confused because he had her phone and bag containing her clothes and books,” said the mother.

Six days later, while the police made frantic efforts to find Cynthia, her body was discovered floating in River Lusumu 200 meters from the home of the suspect.

Her heartbroken mother said the death of her daughter who is the first born out of five children shattered the family’s hope of a brighter future. The family is now crying for justice for Cynthia.

Mumias West sub-county police commander, Mr. Stephen Muoni confirmed that a suspect was in their custody and he will help in providing more information in the probe of Cynthia’s death.

Her body was moved to Kakamega County Referral Hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem.

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Mumias East Member of Parliament Benjamin Washiali has been summoned by Court to explain why pupils are swimming across a river to attend school.

Washiali has been summoned alongside MCA Radoli and county officers.

Pupils have been forced to swim or walk across River Lusumu to get to Petros Primary School in Mumias East in Kakamega county after a bridge was swept away along the river.

The temporary wooden footbridge they used was swept away by floods in December when schools were closed.

While responding on the matter, the area legislator, alongside other leaders affiliated to Kakamega county administration, shoved the responsibility for restoring the bridge to the parents.

Washiali, further added that the problem could be mitigated by pupils attending the school within their respective side of the river, thus eliminating the need to move across. Parents and teachers have since expressed their frustration at the leaders for trivializing the matter.

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