Gloria Orwoba Storms Out of Senate House, Refuses Forced Apology
Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba rejected on Tuesday to read an apology prepared for her upon her return to the Senate weeks after being suspended.
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— Gloria Orwoba (@gloria_orwoba) March 18, 2025
The subsequent conflict between her and Senate Speaker Amason Amason Kingi swiftly escalated the situation, resulting in her walking out of the House without apologising as required.
According to Kingi, one of the conditions of Orwoba’s reinstatement was that she submit an apology to the Senate after her 79-day suspension was reduced to 30 days.
“In accordance with the resolutions passed on September 30, 2023, and on February 26, 2025, Senator Gloria Orwoba is expected to tender an apology to the Senate, Honourable Senators, the Clerk of the Senate, and the Secretariat of Parliament before being admitted to the Senate,” stated Kingi.
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— Senate of Kenya (@Senate_KE) March 18, 2025
“I now invite Senator Gloria Orwoba to tender an apology in a manner prescribed in the report of the committee on powers and privileges and as adopted by the Senate.”
She was asked to read the apology completely, with no omissions or additions.
“Mr Speaker, I, Senator Gloria Orwoba, hereby tender my unreserved apology to this Senate,” Orwoba read.
“I undertake that I shall abide by the responsibilities of leadership as set out in the constitution, the Leadership and Integrity Act 2012, and the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Act 2017. I therefore beseech to be admitted to the chamber. I thank you.”
However, this did not satisfy the Speaker, who discovered that Orwoba had missed certain sections of the apology that had been authorized by the Senate plenary.
Gloria Orwoba walks out of Senate after rejecting scripted apology pic.twitter.com/xf3P9wMidl
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Speaker Kingi read the prescribed apologies, which included a paragraph acknowledging she had violated Parliamentary privilege.
These activities undermined Parliament’s dignity and integrity.
However, Orwoba stated that she could not read the piece since it would be self-incriminating in her upcoming court case.
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She further stated that she had apologized to her coworkers multiple times for her actions.
After failing to convince Orwoba to read the statement as written, Speaker Kingi issued an ultimatum.
“You either read this apology as prescribed or you go think about it and come back any day or any time you will be willing to read it as is prescribed,” Kingi stated.
It was at this point that Orwoba stood her ground, refusing to perjure herself on the ongoing court case and opting to walk away instead.
Gloria Orwoba Storms Out of Senate House, Refuses Forced Apology
