Former Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba was arrested on April 29, 2026, after an attempt to access the precincts of Parliament proved unsuccessful. Her arrest occurred in the afternoon, following an altercation with Sergeants-at-arms when her vehicle, parked at the main Parliament entrance, blocked access to the premises.

Orwoba was subsequently freed from the Parliament Police Station on bail, which was paid at the Central Police Station, hours after her arrest. Armed with court documents, she had sought to enter the Senate chamber where plenary sittings were ongoing. She was denied access, leading to a scuffle before her vehicle was eventually towed away.

During the confrontation, a visibly agitated Orwoba was heard demanding entry, asserting that a High Court ruling had declared her suspension from the House illegal and directed her reinstatement. She exclaimed, “I am not obstructing anyone. In fact you are the ones obstructing me from accessing my workplace…I am the one who should be arresting you for obstructing me. I am not here to serve the court papers. They have already served in the Senate and that is why I am here.” She also challenged officers to arrest her and accused the Clerk of the Senate, Jeremiah Nyegenyeh, of being responsible for her denial of entry. Uniformed female officers later whisked her away to the nearby Bunge police station, and her car was towed. The altercation lasted approximately 15 minutes.

This incident marked the second time the former Senator had tried to gain entry to Parliament under similar circumstances. On August 25, 2027, Orwoba had attempted to access the facility to present her reinstatement papers, following a court ruling in her favour, but was also denied entry, leading to a confrontation with security officers. During that earlier incident, she claimed her presence was legal and demanded access to the Senate, where a special sitting concerning an impeachment motion against Kericho Governor Eric Mutai was underway. She declared the sitting illegal due to the presence of Consolata Wakwabubi, who had replaced her after her nomination was withdrawn by the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party, labeling Wakwabubi a "stranger on the floor of the House." She eventually left on her own will during that earlier encounter, but not before blocking the Senate entrance with her vehicle.

Orwoba’s persistent efforts to re-enter the Senate are rooted in a High Court ruling delivered on April 14, which upheld a Political Parties Disputes Tribunal (PPDT) order. This ruling found the UDA party’s action of expelling her to be unprocedural and illegal, consequently ordering her reinstatement to both the party and the Senate. Justice Lawrence Mugambi, who delivered the ruling, declined UDA’s request to suspend this decision. UDA had argued that implementing the PPDT orders would cause irreparable harm to its Electoral Nomination and Dispute Resolution Committee (ENDRC) by permanently restraining its disciplinary mandate. However, Justice Mugambi ruled that the party failed to demonstrate such an impact, nullifying Orwoba’s expulsion and the gazettement of Consolata Nabwire as her replacement as Nominated Senator.