NAIROBI, Kenya – The High Court has temporarily stopped a disciplinary hearing by the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) against nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba, pending the outcome of a case she filed challenging the party’s actions.
The hearing was scheduled for Friday at the Hustler Centre, UDA’s headquarters in Nairobi, but was halted after Orwoba arrived with her legal team and presented a court order suspending the proceedings.
Senator Orwoba is facing accusations of breaching the party’s code of conduct.
UDA claims she showed disloyalty by attending the homecoming ceremony of former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr. Fred Matiang’i and for publicly criticising the government’s labour mobility programme during an interview on Spice FM on April 22, 2025.
In a letter dated last week, UDA’s disciplinary committee chair Charles Njenga said her actions “provide clear evidence of allegiance to another political movement” and amounted to conduct “unbecoming and disloyal to the party that nominated you.”
But Orwoba, speaking outside the Hustler Centre, dismissed the claims and said her actions were in line with her duties as a legislator.
“If you look at what is happening, it means that now you will be afraid to raise an issue on the floor of the House because some rogue people here and there might come and use party machinery to silence you,” she said.
On attending Dr. Matiang’i’s event, Orwoba defended her presence, saying: “I come from a community; we have social events which are bipartisan. A homecoming is bipartisan.”
The court’s temporary order is expected to remain in place until the full case is heard and determined.
The standoff adds to ongoing tensions within UDA, where internal dissent and disciplinary proceedings have raised questions over the party’s tolerance for divergent views among its members.
