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Speaker to rule on fate of Orwoba's suspension from House

Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi will make a ruling today on whether Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba will be allowed back to the House after the High Court in Machakos suspended her suspension from Parliament for six months.

This follows Orwoba's decision to attend the afternoon session Tuesday amidst protests from a section of senators who argued that the verdict of the entire House cannot be injuncted by a court or anybody else since it was an independent arm of government that can make its decisions.

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