{"id":112393,"date":"2025-03-24T07:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/mudavadi-condemns-targeted-assault-on-salasya-at-nyayo-stadium\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:04:10","slug":"mudavadi-condemns-targeted-assault-on-salasya-at-nyayo-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/mudavadi-condemns-targeted-assault-on-salasya-at-nyayo-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"Mudavadi condemns targeted assault on Salasya at Nyayo Stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 24 \u2014 Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has condemned the altercation involving Mumias East MP Peter Salasya at Nyayo Stadium, calling it an \u201cunfortunate\u201d display of political intolerance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mudavadi warned that intolerance undermines democracy, which thrives on open dialogue and respect for differing views.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe won\u2019t always agree, and that\u2019s okay. But respect, dialogue, and unity must remain non-negotiable,\u201d he said, emphasizing that respect must also be earned.<\/p>\n<p>Who joined President William Ruto at the stadium urged Kenyans to reject division, warning of its consequences on national stability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA house divided cannot stand. Let\u2019s choose reason over chaos and maturity over noise. Kenya\u2019s future depends on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His statement came after Mumias East MP Peter Salasya endured a hostile encounter on Sunday afternoon during Kenya\u2019s World Cup qualifier match against Gabon at Nyayo Stadium, where thousands of fans were in attendance.<\/p>\n<p>Salasya was attacked and forcibly removed from the stadium following an altercation with a section of the crowd. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2018Heshimu Baba\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Videos obtained by Capital FM showed the MP struggling to break free as an irate group roughed him up and pushed him toward the exit.<\/p>\n<p>At one point, some members of the crowd attempted to assault him, while one individual hurled what appeared to be a plastic container at him.<\/p>\n<p> Security personnel eventually intervened to restore order.<\/p>\n<p>While the exact reason for his ejection remains unclear, videos from the scene captured sections of the crowd chanting \u201cRespect the President,\u201d suggesting backlash over his remarks or stance on President Ruto.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers also chanted \u201c<em>Heshimu Baba<\/em>\u201d in apparent refence to former Prime Minister Raila Odinga<\/p>\n<p>Salasya later addressed the incident on his X account, maintaining that Kenyans stand by him in calling out the political establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKenyans are waking up soon, and if you dare do anything to me, it will cause a big problem in this country. I will give a statement tomorrow morning,\u201d he said.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 24 \u2014 Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has condemned the altercation involving Mumias East MP Peter Salasya at Nyayo Stadium, calling it an \u201cunfortunate\u201d display of political intolerance. In a statement, Mudavadi warned that intolerance undermines democracy, which thrives on open dialogue and respect for differing views. \u201cWe won\u2019t always agree, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}