No capacity to lead: Orwoba wants Murkomen back in Sports docket
By Nancy Marende, August 15, 2025Former United Democratic Alliance (UDA)-nominated senator Gloria Orwoba has lashed out at Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, questioning his capacity to hold the office.
Speaking on August 15, 2025, Orwoba accused Murkomen of contradicting the work of his own office, saying his predecessor, Kithure Kindiki, had previously collaborated with her to address issues such as femicide and sexual harassment.
“Folks, I want to remind him, Waziri Murkomen, your predecessor, Kindiki, worked with me personally to deal with issues of femicide because he acknowledged that they exist, and to deal with issues of sexual harassment because he acknowledged that they exist. So he’s even contradicting his office. Because this office has a special programme to deal with these matters,” she said.
“So if you ask me, as they have said, I personally don’t believe, and this is one of the many other reasons with the noise I’ve been making, I don’t believe that… Let me say, with all due respect, Waziri Murkomen has the capacity to hold that office. In fact, he should have been left in sports,” she added.
Next steps
She maintained that her removal from the party’s nomination list would not deter her activism, especially on women’s issues.
“Now let me answer the question of what my next step. I want you to take notes. Of all the politicians, I don’t hold on to titles. That is why even my social media pages don’t have honourable or what. I am Gloria Onwoba. There can only be one me,” she said.
Orwoba also criticised what she termed the “capture of Parliament by the executive”, warning that only the judiciary stood between politicians and complete suppression of dissent.
“ Most of us are hanging on a very thin thread, and it is the judiciary that is holding us where we are. And we do hope all of us, those who are being really sacrificed and punished for speaking the truth, that the judiciary will not fall into the trap of being captured by the executive,” she said.
She vowed to continue her advocacy despite the political setback, insisting that she does not cling to titles.
“So there’s no next step. I am alive. I am still fighting for women. You know, you are asking my question as if I died the day they illegally removed me. I am still here. We are still working. The women are still with us. And as you can see, our spirit is not broken. They might have tried to break my spirit 10.5 million ways. But we are still here,” she added.