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Former Senator Orwoba to pay Sh10.5 million for defaming Senate Clerk

Former Senator Gloria Orwoba addresses the media after the court awarded Senate Clerk Sh10.5 million in a defamation case against her. July 15, 2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Former nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba has suffered a major blow after a Nairobi court ordered her to pay Sh10.5 million in damages to the Clerk of the Senate and Secretary to the Parliamentary Service Commission, Jeremiah Nyegenye, for defamation. 

In a judgment delivered by Milimani Commercial Court Magistrate Ruguru Ngotho on Monday, the court found that Orwoba had made a series of defamatory, malicious, and unsubstantiated posts about Nyegenye on her social media platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and X (formerly Twitter).

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