Orwoba Released on Bail Awaiting Charges Over Parliament Chaos

Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba has been released on a KSh 10,000 police cash bail following her arrest outside the Parliament Building on Wednesday, August 27, 2025.
According to the police, Orwoba was arrested and taken to the Central Police Station in Nairobi, where she was processed before being released on bail pending charges of causing a disturbance and obstructing justice.
“She was released pending the possibility of being arraigned with obstruction of justice and creating disturbances,” a Nairobi police boss said adding that the Ksh10,000 cash bail was sufficient for the alleged offenses.
In an online post on Wednesday evening, Orwoba stated that she was being held at Central Police Station.
“I have been detained in Central Police Station. I am awaiting my charges, which are apparently being booked at the Parliament police station. The Central police bosses say that they cannot charge me because the individuals who triggered the arrest are not here and they are the ones to charge me,” she wrote.
The ex-senator had been barred from accessing the Senate in what she described as a dramatic incident, even after presenting reinstatement orders.
Orwoba claimed that her replacement, Consolata Wakwabubi, wasillegally in the Upper House and that any activities conducted in her presence at the Senate were unlawful.
The incident coincided with a Senate impeachment hearing on Kericho Governor Eric Mutai, which Orwoba also alleged was illegal.
On August 20, the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) nullified the expulsion of former nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA).
The tribunal, chaired by Desma Nungo, cited procedural lapses and a breach of fundamental principles of fairness in the disciplinary proceedings.
“There was no fair opportunity for hearing, and the complainant was not furnished with the impugned decision,” the tribunal ruled.
Orwoba had been expelled from the party earlier over allegations of disloyalty, which she dismissed as politically motivated.
UDA, however, maintained that the expulsion was justified and argued before the tribunal that the case was sub judice due to a High Court petition Orwoba had filed earlier.