Kenyan politician and former Cabinet Secretary for Defence
Kenya’s High Court has temporarily suspended the planned 50-bed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki as protests mount and scrutiny over the U.S.-Kenya deal intensifies amid a regional Bundibugyo outbreak.
Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a U.S.-run Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base after the health minister was found in contempt for defying a prior court stop-work order. Protests have persisted, and the U.S. has pledged funding for Ebola preparedness; debates center on public health risk and colonial overtones.