Kalonzo: Arrest of Nairobi Hospital Board Chiefs on Ruto’s orders unacceptable

Wiper Patriotic Front Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has condemned the recent arrest of board chairman Dr Job Obwaka and former chairman Dr Chris Bichage at The Nairobi Hospital, describing it as an unacceptable and entirely criminal act.

Taking to his X account on Monday, March 16, 2026, Kalonzo said that the situation is deeply troubling.

“What is unfolding at The Nairobi Hospital is deeply troubling. The arrest of Board Chairman Dr. Job Obwaka and former Chairman Dr. Chris Bichage, under direct orders from President Ruto, is absolutely unacceptable and entirely criminal,” Kalonzo wrote.

According to Kalonzo, the Nairobi Hospital officials told him that they were arrested by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations under the orders of President Ruto. Kalonzo accused President Ruto of directly orchestrating the unacceptable arrests, adding that the act is not the rule of law.

“Tulipitia pale Pangani police station and tukampata Chris Bichage, akatuambia wazi aliletwa na DCI because nimeambiwa na arresting officer that, William Ruto ndio amesema nishikwe. No president does that,” Kalonzo said.

The Nairobi Hospital leadership crisis

The Nairobi Hospital leadership dispute took a dramatic turn over the weekend after police arrested three senior board officials.

Board chairman Job Obwaka, vice chairman and lawyer Samson Kinyanjui, and former chairman Dr. Chris Bichage were taken into custody on Saturday over allegations of falsifying the hospital’s members’ register and conflict of interest.

The officials were detained at Muthaiga and Pangani police stations.

Mass action

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), and human rights activists descended on Muthaiga Police Station on Saturday, demanding the immediate release of the detained hospital officials.

“Obwaka was abducted at his private clinic Saturday morning while attending to patients,” KMPDU’s secretary general said.

LSK President Charles Kanjama said Obwaka was arrested by plain-clothed officers and questioned why the officials were being held without clear charges.

KMPDU and LSK said they would consider mass action if the detained officials are not released, accusing police of violating court orders, including anticipatory bail.

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