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Salasya fails to prevent auction of car, slapped with Sh10,000 court fine

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Mumias East MP Peter Salasya makes a call in front of his vehicle that has been targeted by auctioneers. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The Kakamega Small Claims Court (SCC) has allowed a businessman to proceed to auction Mumias East MP Peter Salasya's gold-coloured Land Cruiser, throwing aside the MP's application that sought to stop the process.

The court's adjudicator Caroline Cheruiyot at the same time ordered the MP to pay the businessman, Robert Lutta, Sh10,000 as cost on litigating the MP's application filed under certificate of urgency to try to bar the auction.

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