Peter Salasya’s Social Media Manager Harriet Njenga Resigns After On-Air Denial
Harriet Njenga has quit as social media manager for Mumias East MP Peter Salasya, ending a working relationship that started in December 2024. She announced it on Instagram on Saturday, July 11, days after Salasya was asked about her during a Milele FM interview and responded, “Where did that one come from. I don’t know her.”
Njenga’s resignation post was short on drama and long on nostalgia: photos of her and Salasya at events, including one where he fed her cake, and another at a Harambee Stars match at Kasarani. Her caption read: “Every picture tells a story. Every journey has an ending. Today, I close this chapter with gratitude.”
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She also posted the actual resignation letter and WhatsApp message she’d sent him. In the letter, she wrote that she had “dedicated my time, creativity, and effort to building and managing your online presence, creating content, covering events, and representing the brand” since joining in December 2024.
What actually pushed her out
According to K24 Digital’s report on her resignation, Njenga said directly that the Milele FM interview was the breaking point. She said questions about whether she and Salasya were romantically involved clearly embarrassed him, and that his on-air denial was what pushed her to quit: “Are you happy now? I don’t have a job currently. Why? Because I quit.”
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She was also firm that there was never a relationship to deny in the first place: “We’ve never had a thing, actually. I’m not his type. He’s not my type.” The two had faced the same speculation before, and both had dismissed it at the time.
This one’s less about politics and more about how public figures treat the people who build their online presence for them. Salasya TV runs almost entirely on the kind of content work Njenga was doing. Deny someone on live radio and don’t expect them to stick around quietly after.
