The High Court has declined to suspend a decision that found UDA's expulsion of ex-nominated senator Gloria Orwoba from the party as unprocedural.
While rejecting to grant the order as sought by the party, the court said the political party had failed to demonstrate how it will suffer loss if the order was not granted.
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal had in August last year faulted the party for expelling Ms Orwoba without affording her an opportunity to sufficiently defend herself.
UDA wanted the decision suspended pending appeal, but the High Court declined to do so.
"The Court reasonably believes that the applicant (UDA) has failed to demonstrate substantial loss should this court fail to grant an order of stay of execution pending appeal," the judge ruled.
The court stated that substantial loss in its various forms is the cornerstone of the court’s jurisdiction for granting stay.
Ms Orwoba was expelled from the party for attending former Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi's homecoming, and was subsequently removed from Senate and replaced by Ms Consolata Wabwire.
She challenged the decision and, in a judgment in August last year, the tribunal ruled that the decision was unlawful and illegal.
It went ahead and quashed the decision and issued orders restraining the party from removing Ms Orwoba's name from the register of members of UDA Party.
UDA's Electoral Nomination and Dispute Resolution committee sought to suspend the decision arguing that the appeal would be renderiled useless, as Ms Orwoba will continue to enjoy party membership and Senate privileges despite valid the disciplinary decisions made by the party.
The court, however, dismissed the application for lack of merit.
