291:, SNR) arrested Christophe Sahabo on 1 April 2022 without a warrant. The French chairman of the board of directors, Jean-David Pillot, was also arrested but was released the next day. Soon after, a short letter of resignation by Sahabo for personal reasons was circulated in Bujumbura. Social networks started to say that the Burundian government shareholders wanted Sahabo dismissed for mismanagement and fraudulent management, and wanted a "new distribution of shareholding dominated until now by foreign groups". Pillot was allowed to leave the country a few days later, after being forced to resign. No lawyer was present during Sahabo's interrogation, and after 22 days his relatives and lawyers were still unable to see him. His lawyers said he had not had acesss to medical care despite severe attacks of asthma.
317:, President of Burundi, complaining of the "deliberate bankruptcy of the hospital". They complained of total mismanagement, payments to fictitious suppliers, overcharging for some supplies and misappropriation of funds. They noted that two scanners were broken, two out of three generators had stopped working and two thirds of the vehicles were broken down. Qualified staff had not been paid and had left the hospital. The management quickly responded by denying all charges and threatening the shareholders with legal action.
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The Kira
Hospital is a three story building, and covers an area of 10,000 square metres (110,000 sq ft). It has 130 beds and 150 employees. It offers 14 functional services including imaging, mammography, dental radio and hard drugs detoxification. Departments include cardiology, radiology
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shareholders, boycotted a meeting of the board of directors, accusing the general manager Doctor
Christophe Sahabo of mismanagement and fraud. Ndagijimana proclaimed himself president and appointed Dr. Sylvain-Pierre Nzeyimana as the active general manager. At the end of September 2022 Sahabo was
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with another 20%. Private individuals and doctors would hold the remaining 20%. The goal was to give
Burundians an alternative to seeking costly treatment abroad. The hospital would provide specialized medical services that until then had not been available in Burundi, including cardiovascular
260:, former President of Burundi, was admitted to the hospital for treatment. In February 2018 the Director General of Burundi Health Services opened the third Medical Day organized by the Kira Hospital, which he praised for reducing the number of medical evacuations abroad by 20%.
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reported that almost all the medical equipment had broken down, and only one ambulance was still running. The auditor refused to report on the shareholding structure at the general meeting that month because it did not match the balance sheets, which had to match investment.
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In May 2024 DEG Impulse terminated its agreement after the new management of the hospital failed to provide documents required before a second tranche of aid worth 1.6 million euros could be released. The documents related to finances, management and ownership.
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Hospital is in the Kinindo commune, in the south of Bujumbura. It is south of the Muha River, on the west side of the Boulevard de la Liberte, and the north side of the Avenue Nzero, facing the Embassy of Egypt on the south side. In the
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In May 2023 DEG Impulse reviewed how over 1 million euros of the first tranche of financing had been spent. They were given documents by the new management that related to equipment that had been purchased in 2015. In August 2023
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specialist doctors, of whom more than half would be
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