Mumias East Member of Parliament Peter Salasya has defended his decision to kneel for prayer during Prophet David Owuor’s recent crusade in Nakuru, stating that personal faith matters more than public opinion.
The Mp was responding to online criticism after a video circulated showing him being prayed for by the controversial prophet while Speaking during an interview on TV47’s #This FridayWithBetty.
“Even if you tell me you are a preacher and ask me to kneel down so you can pray for me, I will do it. I don’t care, because my faith believes that there is a connection there. Whether you are telling the truth or not is none of my business,” Salasya declared.
Salasya explained that his willingness to receive prayer stems from his personal relationship with God rather than the reputation of the person praying.
“The Bible says what it says. You are your faith. It is about your belief, not about the person in the middle,” Salasya said.
Salasya traced his strong faith back to 2018 when he prophesied his own political success, claiming he would become MP in 2022. He said he believed in that prophecy and worked to make it reality.
“In 2018 I prophesied to myself and said I will be the MP in 2022 and claimed it. And now, after that, I started working towards the prophecy, towards the dream, and towards the faith. What you see me doing, I do it by faith,” he explained.
The MP revealed that before entering politics, he was actively involved in missionary work, conducting prayers and fasting sessions where he witnessed spiritual manifestations.
“Before I got into leadership and politics, I used to go to missions to pray for people. We used to go and pray and even do fasting and pray,” he recounted.
Salasya urged Kenyans to understand that attending church services or crusades should be about strengthening personal faith rather than following public opinion.
“When you go to those meetings, to the church, sometimes you don’t have to follow everything that is being told. It is about you and your faith,” he said.
Addressing critics directly, Salasya made a bold statement about his convictions: “Mimi hata uwe mchawi, ukiniambia nipige magoti uniombee kwa Mungu, napiga,” meaning even if someone were a witch, if they asked him to kneel and pray to God for him, he would kneel.
He explained that belief in God’s ability to work through different people produces results regardless of public perception of those individuals.
“If you believe in a person and believe that God can work through them, it is just like believing in Jesus, that through Him, you will reach the Kingdom of God,” Salasya said.
The MP concluded by reaffirming that his appearance at the Nakuru crusade reflects his genuine personal faith rather than political calculation, standing firm despite social media backlash.
