By JUSTUS OCHIENG'More by this AuthorPresident Uhuru Kenyatta has fired former Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo as the Chairman of Kenyatta National Hospital Board. In a gazette notice dated April 22, the President named Mr George Opondo Ooko as the new KNH board chairman with effect from April 21, 2020 to May 2, 2022. Speaking to the Nation Wednesday morning, Mr Gumbo said he learnt of his sacking through the gazette notice. PRESIDENTS PREROGATIVEAdvertisement“It is the prerogative of the President to hire and fire and I cannot speculate on the move,” Mr Gumbo said. In March this year, Mr Gumbo was not among ODM defectors who trooped back after a meeting with party leader Raila Odinga.

Source: Daily Nation April 29, 2020 09:22 UTC