Kenyans Protest Proposed US Ebola Quarantine Facility
Hundreds of Kenyans protested against a planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Laikipia, expressing fears that the center would pose a health risk to the local population. Residents and activists called the deal between Kenya and the US a betrayal and a grave threat.
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Kenyans protest U.S. plan for Ebola field hospital to treat Americans
Angry residents, who said their lives were in danger, set fires and clashed with police as they protested the facility intended to treat Americans.
By Rael Ombuor
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Hundreds have protested in central Kenya against a US-funded plan to quarantine Americans exposed to Ebola there.
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Hundreds of youths in Kenya’s central town of Nanyuki on Monday showed against the establishment at the Laikipia Air Base of an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens exposed to the virus. The protests come two days after Kenya’s High Court suspended the establishment of the facility and the arrival of any foreign patients pending the hearing of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog. The two organisations cited Kenya’s fragile health system as the reaso...
By Associated Press
Read full article →Protest outside Kenya's Ebola quarantine center for US citizens
In tonight's edition, hundreds protest in Kenya over plans to build an Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens in the town of Nanyuki. Also, with almost 300 suspected death from the outbreak, there have still been signs of progress in supplying rural Congolese health centres and millions are invested in speeding up vaccine research. And Ethiopia's leader is all but guaranteed a landslide victory in Monday's elections amidst accusations of repression of opposition figures.
By Georja CALVIN-SMITH
Read full article →'This will expose our people to Ebola': Big protest in Kenya against quarantine centre for affected US citizens
Youths in Kenya's Laikipia region protested plans for an Ebola quarantine center at the local air base, intended for Americans exposed to the virus. The High Court has suspended the facility's establishment pending a hearing, with petitioners citing concerns over Kenya's healthcare system's fragility and potential local exposure.
By TOI World Desk
Read full article →Hundreds protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya - The Straits Times
Hundreds protest against planned US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya The Straits Times
Read full article →Kenya-US Ebola deal a betrayal
The American deal laid bare our government’s contempt for its own citizens.
Read full article →Nanyuki residents protest planned Ebola quarantine facility - the-star.co.ke
Nanyuki residents protest planned Ebola quarantine facility the-star.co.ke
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