"I Chose Peace!" Defiant Salasya Addresses Mob Attack at Nyayo Stadium

A video, raw and unfiltered, captured the moment when the MP was forcefully escorted out, not by stadium security, but by an angry, unidentified mob.

The footage showed a disturbing escalation: hands reaching out to grab him, a plastic projectile hurled in his direction.

Salasya, surrounded by supporters urging him to leave, was pushed out of the stadium parking lot. Later, in a video posted on social media, he revealed the bruises he sustained, a testament to the physicality of the altercation.

"I didn’t want to commit blood in my hands," he said, the words heavy with restraint. "Ni sawa, I had options, but I chose peace."

He alleged the attack was premeditated, a calculated move by individuals paid to cause harm. "Everybody on earth shall die, but we shall not be cowards at any given point," he wrote, his tone defiant.

"Wameninyorosha leo, next watakuja. I told my God not to commit blood in my hands; yeye mwenyewe atajua jinsi atakavyo linda mtumishi wake."

He also pointed to the high number of views on his video, showing the public's intense interest in the incident.

The motive behind the attack remains murky. Chants of "Respect Raila" and "Respect the President" echoed through the stadium, suggesting a possible political undercurrent.

Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo Mabona weighed in on the incident, drawing attention to what she perceived as a double standard in public reactions.

"Rigathi Gachagua, former Deputy President, was beaten at a funeral in Kiambu. We condemned the hooligans. We did not make it tribal," she wrote on Facebook.

"Salasya was beaten and chased through a farm in his own constituency. We condemned the hooligans without making it tribal. Salasya has been beaten today. Suddenly, 'it's these uncircumcised Luos.'"

Violence, she argued, is wrong regardless of the victim or the perpetrator. She lamented the growing political and ethnic intolerance, a dangerous trend with the 2027 elections looming.

"You support Salasya and condemn goons and you are an online goon from what you write," she observed, highlighting the polarized nature of online discourse. "We must learn tolerance."

She also offered a practical word of advice to Salasya. "All politicians know that by the nature of politics in Kenya, you have to have security, especially in public places," she wrote.

"You must also not compromise yourself too often with chemical agents as a leader. Salasya is careless with his security, and he needs to enhance it for his own good, whether in Western or Nairobi."