By KPC Reporter
A fresh legal storm has erupted after lawyers representing the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee dismissed fresh demands by embattled Senator Gloria Orwoba’s side as “untenable” and “legally misconceived.”
The party had ousted Orwoba from the Senate, a decision she wants to be reversed.
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In a letter dated May 5, 2026, advocates Adrian Kamotho Njenga & Co. accused Orwoba’s legal team of attempting to enforce a judgment against a party that was allegedly not properly sued before the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT).
The letter was addressed to Mabeya & Mabeya Advocates in relation to “Judgment and Decree in PPDT Case No. E006 of 2025 (Gloria Orwoba vs UDA Electoral & Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee & Others).”
According to the lawyers, disciplinary action against Orwoba had been lawfully undertaken by the UDA Disciplinary Committee on May 16, 2025, but her legal team later “unwarrantedly opted to drag the UDA Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee to court.”
“Subsequently on 20th August 2025, the Political Parties Disputes Tribunal entered judgment against the UDA Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee, a party organ that had nothing at all to do with the lawful disciplinary action visited on your client,” the letter states.
The advocates further revealed that an application seeking correction of the August 20, 2025 judgment was filed on February 18, 2026, but was later withdrawn by Orwoba’s side.
“Aggrieved by the anomalous judgment dated 20th August 2025, the UDA Electoral and Nominations Dispute Resolution Committee inevitably lodged an appeal before the High Court, which appeal is still pending,” the lawyers wrote.
The letter also argued that the judgment cannot be enforced because the affected party was allegedly not properly cited before the tribunal.
“It is trite law that no binding obligation can flow or accrue against a party that is not properly cited before a respective Court or Tribunal,” the advocates said.
The lawyers further accused Orwoba of abandoning her mandate as a nominated senator, saying constitutional processes had already moved on.
“At the critical moment, your client recklessly abandoned the noble mandate entrusted to her as a UDA Party Senator,” the letter reads.
They added that the nomination of Hon. Sen. Consolata Nabwire Wakwabubi on August 20, 2025 triggered constitutional mechanisms that can only be overturned through an election petition.
In a sharp rebuke, the advocates claimed Orwoba’s renewed demands came too late.
“Regrettably, all matters raised in your letter have been viciously overtaken by effluxion of time,” they stated.
The letter concludes with a pointed proverb directed at Orwoba’s legal team: “What the dog saw and barked is also what the lion saw and kept peace.”
