Nairobi, Kenya- In a swift political blow, embattled Senator Gloria Orwoba has been officially shown the door—not just by her party but now by the Senate itself.
Speaker Amason Kingi wasted no time, gazetting her seat vacant just a day after the courts tossed out her desperate attempt to halt her expulsion.
The notice, published on May 21, 2025, cites constitutional provisions (Articles 101(2) and 98(1)(b)), sealing Orwoba’s fate. Translation? She’s out. And with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in disarray, filling that seat won’t be happening anytime soon.
Orwoba’s last-ditch legal effort collapsed faster than a house of cards. Justice Lawrence Mugambi called her petition “incompetent,” pointing out she’d sneakily added new parties to her case without court approval.
Her original grievance? Challenging her expulsion by UDA over alleged disloyalty—specifically, cozying up to opposition heavyweight Fred Matiang’i and publicly trashing government policies.
This isn’t the first time a Kenyan senator has been shown the door for defying party loyalty.
Just months ago, UDA removed three senators from key parliamentary committees after they publicly criticized the party’s stance on the Finance Bill.
Before that, in 2021, Jubilee Party officials orchestrated the removal of four rebellious senators in a dramatic purge that reshaped the House. Orwoba’s expulsion fits neatly into this pattern—a reminder that in Kenya’s political arena, independence often comes at a cost.
