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Salasya appears in one case, misses another saying he's on paternity leave

Mumias East MP Peter Salasya in Mumias Law Courts where he was released on Sh50,000 bond after he was accused of assaulting Malaha-Isongo MCA Peter Walunya. [File, Standard]

Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has failed to appear in a civil case later saying he was on paternity leave even as he took to the dock in yet another case, a criminal one where he succeeded to temporarily hold the hearing.

The first-time MP is facing the criminal case at the Mumias law courts where he denied charges of assaulting Malaha-Isango Ward MCA Peter Walunya at a funeral and a civil one in Kakamega, where he is defending himself against verbally assaulting a Kakamega-based lawyer Edwin Wafula.

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