The suspended CEO of Nairobi Hospital Gordon Odundo stood in the way of the awarding of a tender for the supply of insurance services to a company owned by one of the board members that has been the biggest casualty so far, details have emerged.
The board member was so furious after losing out on the tender that was awarded in November last year, that a plot to kick out the CEO was hatched and implemented.
On Sunday, the hospital’s board, in a paid advertisement, tried to play down the issues facing the health facility. It said the CEO’s suspension was procedural and warranted. The board, however, failed to say that the CEO’s suspension had been extended just two days before.
In the advertisement, the board claimed the CEO was suspended after a forensic audit carried out by EY revealed some gaps that required an extension of the audit.