Independent presidential candidate Peter Gichira with his wife Mirriam Ndunge [PHOTO/standardmedia.co.ke]
Independent presidential candidate Peter Gichira has revealed why he threatened to commit suicide at the IEBC offices this week.
Gichira said that the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) had planned to maliciously omit him from the ballot.
“They would send me confirmation messages that I am running for MCA. It is like nobody took me vying for presidency seriously,” says Gichira.
He also claimed that his symbol - that of a jembe, spanner and shield - was dismissed with claims that it already belonged to another aspirant.
However, Registrar of Political Parties Lucy Ndung’u defended the commission saying they received over 4,000 applications and that the error committed could therefore have been made in the process of making entry of the forms.
“There is no malice. We were clearing manually, and we looked into every complaint made,” she says.
Gichira said he is determined to rise to State House regardless of the obstacles he faces, including a court case where he is charged with attempted suicide.
“I know Kenyans are yearning for a change in leadership, and I am that change,” he said.