Gloria Orwoba denied entry to Senate despite court orders, dares arrest

Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba outside the Senate after she came with reinstatement orders /ENOS TECHE

Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba was denied access to the Senate on Wednesday, August 27.

Orwoba did not access the Senate despite presenting reinstatement orders.

In a video seen by the Star, security officers were seen barring her entry into the Senate.

Orwoba was overheard daring the security officers to arrest her, noting she was in the senate legally.

She argued that the courts had reinstated her to work, and attempts by the UDA to have her blocked from being allowed into the senate flopped.

“I am here to go back to work as per the court’s instructions and judgements that came out, in fact, I have my badge and everything...I am just coming to work,” she said.

According to Orwoba, she is the sitting nominated senator for UDA until the courts ruled otherwise.

On August 20, the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) nullified the expulsion of former nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), citing procedural lapses in the disciplinary proceedings—procedural lapses that breached fundamental principles of fairness.

In its judgment, the tribunal chaired by Desma Nungo found that UDA’s disciplinary process violated the principles of natural justice and due process.

“There was no fair opportunity for hearing, and the complainant was not furnished with the impugned decision,” the tribunal ruled.

They noted that key documents, including the complaint dated May 8, were unsigned and undated, while no proof was provided that the decision to expel her was ever served.

These irregularities, it said, stripped the process of legality and fairness.

The tribunal’s findings directly challenged the disciplinary committee’s handling of the matter.

Orwoba had been expelled from the party earlier over allegations of disloyalty, claims she dismissed as politically motivated.

UDA maintained that the expulsion was justified and argued before the tribunal that the case was sub judice due to a High Court petition filed earlier by Orwoba.

However, the tribunal dismissed this argument, stating that no current parallel proceedings were ongoing.

Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba outside the Senate after she came with reinstatement orders /ENOS TECHE