The High Court has stopped the board of Nairobi Hospital from hiring a substantive CEO to replace sacked CEO Dr Allan Pamba.
Dr Pamba moved to court challenging his sacking, saying that it was illegal, revealing that the board was planning to unveil his replacement on December 10, a decision that would seal his fate.
Justice Nzioki wa Makau ordered that the case be heard on October 10.
Through his lawyer Paul Muite, Dr Pamba argued that the hospital can run smoothly since there is an acting CEO. He said that before he was hired in March, the hospital had remained without a substantive CEO for a full year.
“It is therefore mischievous for the respondents to insist on filling the position substantively, barely eight weeks after the unlawful termination of the claimant’s employment and when this suit has not been determined,” Mr Muite said.
Dr Pamba is demanding Ksh218.8 million in compensation from Nairobi Hospital if he is not reinstated.
In court files, Dr Pamba said the he was fired after refusing to award a multi-million tender for the installation of a security system at the hospital in March, weeks after he was appointed.
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