Salasya fights off UDA project tag amid costly countrywide tours
Mumias East Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Salasya has denied being a project of the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party over his 2027 presidential bid.
Taking to his official Instagram account on Saturday, May 10, 2025, Salasya fought off the UDA project tag, claiming that he is not being funded by the state to conduct his countrywide familiarisation tours.
Salasya, on Friday, May 9, 2025, pitched camp in the coastal towns of Mombasa and Kwale in a meet-the-people tour, which he says is aimed at uniting the country. His coastal tours come days after the first-term Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) lawmaker concluded his tour of the Western region.
A section of Kenyans online had questioned Salsaya’s tours, bearing in mind the fact that the MP has been publicly sharing his payslip, whose net pay cannot fund the trips.
Propaganda
However, Salasya argues that the claims that he is being funded are just cheap and lazy propaganda manufactured by those that are terrified of the political wave he says he is building across the nation.
”Let me be crystal clear, for the avoidance of doubt: I am NOT a UDA project. I am NOT funded by the State House. I have NEVER received a single cent—let alone Ksh 40 million—from Katoo Ole Metito or any government official. Full stop,” Salasya wrote on Instagram.
”These claims are nothing but cheap, lazy propaganda manufactured by cowards who are terrified of the political wave I am building across the nation. They can’t match the momentum, they can’t match the courage, and they can’t match the connection I have with the people—so they resort to lies.”
Salasya on his tours
According to Salasya, his countrywide tours to popularise his 2027 presidential bid are not aided by money but by pure strategy, unmatched charisma, and massive goodwill from Kenyans who believe in the future he represents.
”Yes, I posted my payslip. I don’t hide. I am transparent. I earn what every MP earns. But unlike others, I don’t worship money—I serve the people. What you’re witnessing isn’t money at work. It’s pure strategy, unmatched charisma, and massive goodwill from Kenyans who believe in the future I represent,” he stated.
Salasya went ahead to clarify that he has also not misused a single cent from his constituency’s NG-CDF kitty, as his projects are all visible.
”Let me be very firm: not a single cent of Mumias East CDF has been misused. Not even a shilling. Our projects are visible, trackable, and transformative. Ask the students, the schools, the hospitals, and the parents on the ground. We’re delivering, not looting. To those whispering in corners, speculating how I’m able to tour the country—I am not your ordinary politician. I am a man of the people. A man of destiny. Supported by a network of patriotic Kenyans who want change—not cartels,” Salasya noted.
Moreover, the youthful MP notes that he will not relent, insisting that he is the right person to take up the country’s leadership in 2027.
”You can’t stop this movement with gossip. You can’t slow down this fire with fear. This train has no brakes. And to the cowards eyeing my seat, waiting in the shadows hoping I fall—wake up! If you want to lead, come to the people with ideas, not lies. Don’t act deaf while riding on hope that Salasya will be stopped. You’re dreaming. Kenya deserves bold leadership. Kenya deserves fearless voices. And that’s exactly what I bring. 2027 – it’s Peter Kalerwa Salasya, the 6th,” he stated.
