On May 30, 2022, Muranga Governor Mwangi Wa Iria visited the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) offices in Nairobi to inquire about his name being omitted from the national Presidential register.
However, his visit turned out to be a disaster as he was stuck in a lift at Anniversary Towers in Nairobi for several minutes.
According to IEBC, Governor Wa Iria failed to present the legally acceptable 48,000 signatures from 24 counties, but he had compiled signatures from 22 counties, of which only those from five counties met the threshold.
"I was not given any reasons why they removed my name. I have heard they had a meeting while trying to create a reason, and they sent an officer to tell me privately," he said.
Wa Iria is now threatening to transform his party into a national resistance movement if his demands are not met by IEBC.
"This is not a game… we are not illiterate… I want to tell them one thing: I am in politics. They can play all their games, I will push them all to their end, and if at the end of the day they will not register me, I will convert my party into a resistance movement. They can be sure of that," he said.
