MP Peter Salasya opens up on nearly losing his life during foreign trip recently

Young Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has described how he narrowly avoided drowning in a pool in Juba, South Sudan, last week.

The politician competed for Kenya on the squad that won the just finished East African inter-parliamentary competition.

Salasya described how he made the decision to jump in the pool on Tuesday, November 29, after finishing the athletics tournament in which he was competing.

“The manager told me not to proceed beyond the shallow end but my curiosity could not let me stay put,” narrated the lawmaker.

Things however took a drastic turn when the MP slid and found himself in the deep end of the pool.

With no experience in swimming, things were looking bad for the lawmaker even as he stared at the possibility of death in the pool.

“I could not see above the water, I could not breathe or shout or do anything. It was like; ‘Oh my God!’ today is the end of me,’ I discovered that you cannot just walk in the pool to the wall of the pool which is what I thought as I went in,” he added.

Luck was on his side as by-standers at a nearby message parlour who could not swim either came to his rescue.

The two women call a man who jumped into the pool and rescued the lawmaker who was then given first aid during the fracas that lasted about four minutes.

“Had it gone to something like seven minutes, it would have been tough for me,” Salasya concluded.

Convening prayers

Upon his return to the country, the youthful lawmaker convened prayers to thank God for sparing his life.

He also vowed never to go back into a swimming pool.

“I was almost dead in the swimming Pool, but I was rescued wacha Yesu aitwe Yesu. I will never go back to a swimming pool😭😭kama haujui ku swim like me please don’t dare go into that thing,” he stated.

Away from the near-death experience, the youthful MP displayed his skills in the field, taking part in several sporting events during the games which took place between November 25 and December 1.