Orwoba congratulates successor Wakhabubi following her swearing-in
By Mabonga Makhanu, August 20, 2025Former nominated senator Gloria Orwoba has extended a congratulatory message to her successor, Consolata Nabwire Wakhabubi, following her swearing-in as a member of the Senate.
The oath was administered during the Senate sitting on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, where Wakhabubi officially took over the seat previously held by Orwoba. Immediately after the speaker confirmed Wakhabubi as a duly sworn member of the Senate, Orwoba acknowledged the transition by sending her well-wishes.
Her congratulatory note to Wakhabubi came just days after she was ousted from the position, marking the end of her tenure in the House. The message signified a smooth handover and recognition of her successor’s new role in representing the interests of the people and upholding the mandate of the Senate.
“Congratulations, Consolata Nabwire Wakwabubi. May your decisions reflect your hopes and not your fears.” Orwoba stated.
Orwoba’s battle with the court
At the same time, Orwoba has now turned to the courts in a bid to challenge the decision that led to her removal. Just hours before Wakhabubi took the oath of office, Orwoba moved to court seeking to block the swearing-in, hoping for legal redress over the loss of her seat.
Through a certificate of urgency, Orwoba wants the court to bar the swearing-in of Consolata Wabwire, who was gazetted to take over her position in the Senate.
According to Orwoba, the decision of the IEBC to gazette and the gazette notice by the Senate to swear in Consolata on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, are marred by unlawfulness and procedural improprieties that warrant the High Court’s intervention at the first instance.
“That a conservatory order be issued quashing the Gazette Notice Vol. CXXVII No. 174 by the Senate dated August 18, 2025, communicating the swearing-in of Consolata Wabwire as a nominated senator,” Orwoba states in the application.
Further, Orwoba seeks to have the court issue a conservatory order quashing the Gazette Notice Vol. CXXVII No. 97 dated May 21, 2025, which declared a vacancy in the seat she held in the Senate.
She also wants the court to block the implementation of the decision of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in Gazette Notice Vol. CXXVII No. 173 dated August 15, 2025, nominating Consolata as a nominated senator in her place.
Orwoba avers that the gazettement of Consolata to take her place in the Senate by the IEBC was based on a purely void decision.
The controversial politician wants the court to declare the decision of UDA, the National Senate, IEBC, and the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties to expel her from UDA’s membership and remove her from the party’s register as unconstitutional, unlawful, null, and void.
“A declaration that the respondents (UDA, the National Senate, IEBC, and the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties) infringed on the petitioner’s (Orwoba’s) political rights, right to administrative action, and right to a fair hearing,” part of Orwoba’s application read.
Notably, she wants the court to prohibit the first to fourth respondents (UDA, the National Senate, IEBC, and the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties) from further violating or interfering with her rights as a nominated senator.