{"id":2914,"date":"2025-03-24T09:05:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/?p=2914"},"modified":"2025-03-25T11:14:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:14:19","slug":"mp-peter-salasya-breaks-silence-on-nyayo-stadium-attack-i-chose-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/mp-peter-salasya-breaks-silence-on-nyayo-stadium-attack-i-chose-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"MP Peter Salasya Breaks Silence on Nyayo Stadium Attack: &#8220;I Chose Peace&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nairobi, March 24- At Nyayo National Stadium, what was supposed to be an electrifying match between the Harambee Stars and Gabon took a chaotic turn for Mumias East MP Peter Salasya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A raw, unedited video captured the dramatic moment when an unidentified mob, rather than stadium security, forcefully ejected the MP. The scene quickly escalated as hands grabbed at him, and a plastic object was thrown in his direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surrounded by supporters urging him to leave, Salasya was pushed out of the stadium\u2019s parking lot. Later, he shared a video on social media displaying the bruises he sustained, evidence of the physical altercation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressing his restraint, he stated, <em>&#8220;I didn\u2019t want to commit blood in my hands. Ni sawa, I had options, but I chose peace.&#8221;<\/em> He alleged that the attack was not spontaneous but rather an orchestrated move by individuals paid to harm him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refusing to be intimidated, he wrote, <em>&#8220;Everybody on earth shall die, but we shall not be cowards at any given point. Wameninyorosha leo, next watakuja. I told my God not to commit blood in my hands; yeye mwenyewe atajua jinsi atakavyo linda mtumishi wake.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salasya also noted the high engagement on his video, emphasizing the public\u2019s keen interest in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the exact motive remains unclear, the chants of <em>&#8220;Respect Raila&#8221;<\/em> and <em>&#8220;Respect the President&#8221;<\/em> heard in the stadium suggest a possible political dimension to the attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, March 24- At Nyayo National Stadium, what was supposed to be an electrifying match between the Harambee Stars and Gabon took a chaotic turn for Mumias East MP Peter Salasya. A raw, unedited video captured the dramatic moment when an unidentified mob, rather than stadium security, forcefully ejected the MP. The scene quickly escalated as hands grabbed at him, and a plastic object was thrown in his direction. Surrounded by supporters urging him to leave, Salasya was pushed out of the stadium\u2019s parking lot. Later, he shared a video on social media displaying the bruises he sustained, evidence of the physical altercation. Expressing his restraint, he stated, &#8220;I didn\u2019t want to commit blood in my hands. Ni sawa, I had options, but I chose peace.&#8221; He alleged that the attack was not spontaneous but rather an orchestrated move by individuals paid to harm him. Refusing to be intimidated, he wrote, &#8220;Everybody on earth shall die, but we shall not be cowards at any given point. Wameninyorosha leo, next watakuja. I told my God not to commit blood in my hands; yeye mwenyewe atajua jinsi atakavyo linda mtumishi wake.&#8221; Salasya also noted the high engagement on his video, emphasizing the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2916,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2914\/revisions\/2916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}