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| Dr Allan Pamba |
‘‘I’ve had moments when I have failed and failed tremendously; I repeated medical school, as a student leader. It was the most embarrassing thing ever then, but I learnt something’’ Those words from Dr Allan Pamba could be the reason why he has been dismissed as CEO of Nairobi hospital.
Dr Pamba only started serving as CEO on March 4th 2020, and by the time he was being served with a dismissal letter last Friday, he had not even been confirmed by the board. A letter from the hospital’s board chairman, Maj (Rtd) Dr Irungu Ndirangu, said Dr Pamba was still on probation and that he failed to craft a performance enhancement plan. But an insider told The Weekly Vision that soon after assuming office that a section of the board started undermining him even before he settled in as CEO.
It started off soon after he took over the mantle as boss, he ‘drained’ the swamp by sending 16 senior hospital staff home, cordoned the hospital during the early days of Covid-19, and then temporarily closed six outpatient clinics. Some of the people he’d dismissed are close relatives to powerful members of the board, that action alone raised same red flag, he was a marked man from then onwards. When you came here you had to drain the swamp, to use the expression of a distasteful man. How difficult is it to come in as the new guy and shake up things— fire people, change the order— and risk being seen as the bad guy. What prepares you for something like that? He was quoted as saying by one local newspaper.
The dismissal letter which we have seen, reads as follows; “Please note that the letter dated September 10, extending your probation period to December 12 gave you up to September 30 to acknowledge and execute the Performance Improvement Plan,” read Dr Irungu’s letter to Dr Pamba.
“Unfortunately, you responded on September 2 and requested that the board of directors review your performance in line with the board charter, contrary to your letter of appointment, which clearly states that the chairman of the board will review your performance. “Your failure to execute the Performance Enhancement Plan and the probation extension letter implied your lack of interest to continue working for The Nairobi Hospital.”
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