President William Ruto has made new appointments to key parastatal boards within the well being sector, together with the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) Board of Directors. In a gazette discover dated July 25, 2025, the President appointed former Kenya Red Cross Society Secretary General Dr. Abbas Gullet as the brand new Chairperson of the KNH Board of Directors.
The appointment of Dr Samier Muravvej has been revoked. Dr. Gullet can be the founder and Chairman of the Boma Group of lodges in Nairobi, Eldoret and Nyeri, that are absolutely owned by the Kenya Red Cross Society.
Under his management, the Kenya Red Cross Society additionally based the Emergency Medical Services (E-Plus), which has the biggest fleet of Critical Care Ambulances in Kenya
The former Kenya Red Cross Society boss additionally serves because the Vice President for Africa of the International Federation of the Red Cross Red Crescent.
“IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by part 6 (1) (a) of the State Corporations Act and Regulation 2 (2) (a) of the Kenyatta National Hospital Board Order, as learn along with part 51 (1) of the Interpretation and General Provisions Act, I, William Samoei Ruto, President of the Republic of Kenya and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces, appoint—ABBAS GULLET (DR.) to be the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Kenyatta National Hospital, for a interval of three (3) years, with impact from the twenty fifth July, 2025. The appointment of *Samier Muravvej (Dr.) is revoked,” the discover reads.
A distinguished humanitarian, Gullet volunteered within the Kenya Red Cross for 11 years earlier than changing into employees and rising by the ranks to steer the group.
Kenyatta National Hospital adjustments
His appointment comes simply days after Ministry of Health Cabinet Secretary for Health Aden Duale known as for pressing reforms throughout Kenya’s nationwide referral hospitals following a safety breach at Kenyatta National Hospital and different rising administration failures.
Gullet additionally joins the KNH board days after the hospital issued a brand new directive that’s anticipated to influence sufferers who should not lined beneath the Social Health Authority (SHA) scheme.
KNH Acting Chief Executive Officer William Sigilai in a memo dated Thursday, July 24, introduced that sufferers should have a legitimate SHA membership for admission or pay a deposit for medical instances or the equal value of the SHA surgical bundle.
According to Sigilai, the adjustments would take impact instantly.
“Effective as we speak, all sufferers presenting for admission and not using a legitimate SHA membership should be required to pay the admission deposit for medical instances or the equal SHA surgical bundle value, protocol receiving service, except it’s an emergency case,” he mentioned.
President Ruto makes new appointments of parastatal board chairs
Ruto- after revoking the appointment of Muravvej because the KNH Board Chair- reassigned him because the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of the National Syndemic Diseases Control Council.
The appointment takes impact on August 5, 2025, and can run for a interval of three years.
President Ruto has additionally changed a number of officers whose phrases have been revoked.
Fredrick Namenya Were has been appointed as the brand new Chairperson of the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) for a interval of three years. The appointment of Stanley Khainga has been revoked.
The Head of State additionally named Paul Ndung’u Kariuki because the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Kenya National Public Health Institute for a three-year time period, efficient July 25, 2025.
The place was beforehand held by David Ndegwa Nyokabi, whose appointment was revoked.
