MP Salasya charged with assault, released on Sh50,000 bond

Mumias East MP Peter Salasya was on Wednesday charged in Mumias court with assault.

Salasya appeared before Mumias Senior Resident Magistrate Marcella Onyango and took a plea for assault and grievous bodily harm charges.

Onyango granted a Sh50,000 bond to the controversial lawmaker and set mention of the case for February 19 and a hearing on March 12.

Salasya presented himself in court after the magistrate ordered him to do so.

He failed to appear in court on Tuesday and claimed he was sick and had been admitted to Aga Khan Hospital.

Salasya was charged with assaulting Malaha/Isongo MCA Peter Walunya during a funeral service on Friday. He denied the charges.

The prosecution led by Arnold Magina asked the court to cancel bond terms for the accused after he failed to appear on Tuesday.

Magima argued that the cash bail issued to the accused by police cash bail be forfeited by the state and a warrant of arrest issued against the MP for failing to appear in court as directed.

“No document has been presented before the court to show why the accused failed to appear,” he said.

The magistrate directed the investigating officer to file before the court a comprehensive medical report from the Aga Khan Hospital where the MP was allegedly admitted.