Peter Salasya Hits Back at Edwin Sifuna’s Live Interview Ridicule: "I'm Your Presidential Candidate"
- Senator Edwin Sifuna said he could excuse MP Peter Salasya’s misunderstanding of the MoU agreement, but criticised Kisumu's Tom Ojienda for misrepresenting the document
- Salasya defended himself, calling out Sifuna for political arrogance and claiming he is a self-made leader, unlike the senator
- The lawmaker reminded Sifuna that, as a presidential candidate, he deserves respect and advised him to take his elitism to the courts, not politics
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Nairobi: A political spat has erupted between Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna and Mumias East MP Peter Salasya following remarks made during a televised interview on Thursday, May 8.
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In the interview, Senator Sifuna stated that he could forgive Salasya for not reading the contents of the memorandum of understanding signed between President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga, but not learned lawyers.
Speaking during the interview on Citizen TV, he took issue with Kisumu Senator Tom Ojienda, a professor of law, for what he termed a deliberate misrepresentation of the agreement.
“I can pardon Salasya for refusing to read this document and assuming I signed it, but I cannot forgive Professor Ojienda, because he is a lawyer,” Sifuna said during the show, adding that critics of the agreement were avoiding its actual content, despite it being publicly available.
Sifuna also argued that leaders such as Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi and his Mining counterpart, Hassan Joho, had joined Ruto’s government before the document was even signed on February 7, 2025.
The ODM secretary general suggested the so-called “broad-based government” was not a product of the bipartisan talks.
“The people who are supporters of this animal, called Broad-based, are running away from the contents of the document. That is why the president gets annoyed with me when I remind him what the document says," he emphasised.
Peter Salasya responds to Edwin Sifuna's mockery
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In a swift rebuttal, Salasya accused Sifuna of arrogance and political elitism. He defended his own credentials and independence.
“You have a law degree and I have a degree in banking and finance. You are a senator and I am an MP," he said.
The MP also questioned Sifuna’s political survival without Raila’s backing and challenged him to take his arguments to court instead of politicising them.
“The only difference between you and me is that I am a self-made leader while you were given by Raila Odinga and you can't survive in politics without him.
"So, respect me as your presidential candidate. Too much English shouldn't make you arrogant—take it to court, not into politics," Salasya added.
Peter Salasya urges Sifuna to quit ODM
In other news, Salasya cautioned Sifuna that ODM's popularity is waning and urged him to resign as the party's secretary general to safeguard his political future.
He warned that the senator risks becoming irrelevant if he remains in what he described as a party that has grown too close to the government it claims to oppose.
The outspoken legislator has consistently criticised Raila, accusing him of plotting his removal from a key National Assembly departmental committee.
Proofreading by Mercy Nyambura, copy editor at TUKO.co.ke.
Source: TUKO.co.ke
