Kenyan Court Finds Health Minister in Contempt over Ebola Facility
The court said Duale ignored orders to stop the project as protests spread nationwide and at least 3 people were killed in unrest.
- On Monday, The High Court found Health Minister Aden Duale in contempt for failing to halt construction of an Ebola quarantine facility intended for Americans at Laikipia Air Base, despite existing court orders.
- The Law Society of Kenya and the Katiba Institute, a constitutional watchdog, had previously secured a court order suspending construction pending a hearing of the legal challenge against the project.
- Protests against the quarantine center caused unrest that reportedly killed three people, while the United States embassy stated the site posed no risk and officials were "aware of the court action."
- Regarding the unauthorized construction, the judge ordered Duale to appear on Tuesday for sentencing, while President William Ruto has publicly defended the facility as a preparedness center.
- While the United States has pledged approximately $13 million toward the partnership, petitioners argue Kenya's overstretched healthcare system cannot safely manage the quarantine of foreign Ebola patients.
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Kenya halts construction work on US Ebola quarantine facility
Kenyan Health Secretary Aden Duale has frozen the construction of an Ebola isolation facility for U.S. citizens, after he was found guilty of contempt for ignoring a court directive to halt the work. “I have directed the immediate and complete…
Kenyans have been protesting against an Ebola centre on a US basis for weeks. Although the building was banned from the courts, the building continued. Now the Kenyan Minister of Health has initiated.
Kenya says it's halting US-backed Ebola quarantine center
Health Minister Aden Duale told a court he ordered an immediate stop to construction, after being held in contempt for ignoring previous court orders. The plans to set up the facility prompted protests and unrest.
Kenya minister stops construction of US-backed Ebola quarantine facility
Ebola virus test, conceptual image. (DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has halted construction of the U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base after being found in contempt of court for allowing work to continue despite a court order. Duale appeared before the High Court in Nairobi on Tuesday and said he directed “the immediate and complete cessation of any…
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