Ebola quarantine center for Americans is up and working in Kenya despite a court ban, activists say
Activists say 7 Americans from Congo are being held in military tents for 21 days despite a court order blocking the facility.
- On Monday, Kenyan activists accused authorities of violating a court order halting an American-backed Ebola quarantine site after reports surfaced that Americans from Congo are being held there.
- A Kenyan court last month barred the facility's operation, and Health Minister Aden Duale ordered construction suspended as officials sought to quarantine Americans evacuated from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo.
- Samaritan's Purse CEO Franklin Graham confirmed seven American staff are quarantined in 'large military tents' for 21 days, reportedly at Laikipia Air Base near Nanyuki where recent protests turned violent, killing two people.
- The Law Society of Kenya stated on Monday that a 'deliberate' violation of a court order would amount to 'impunity and lawlessness,' while the Ministry of Health and U.S. State Department declined to comment.
- Kenyan President William Ruto defended the facility as part of a $13.5 million U.S. partnership, which includes plans to establish 24 additional Ebola preparedness centers across the country with American funding.
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Ebola quarantine center for Americans is up and working in Kenya despite a court ban, activists say
Kenyan activists accuse authorities of violating a court order to halt the setting up of an American-backed Ebola quarantine center in the country.
In Kenya, despite a court order, American citizens arrived this week to be quarantined. They came directly from the Democratic Republic of Congo and had worked in the Ebola-affected regions. Details from Bastien Renouil, France 24 correspondent in Nairobi.
Kenyan activists decry U.S. aid workers' quarantine at disputed Ebola facility
NAIROBI, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan activists and legal groups expressed concerns on Wednesday after seven U.S. aid workers were placed under a mandatory 21-day Ebola quarantine at a U.S.-funded isolation unit at Laikipia Air Base in Laikipia County, Kenya. The facility was established following a U.S. policy requiring citizens exposed to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to quarantine in a third cou
US Ebola centre operating in Kenya despite court ban – activists
Image – @citizentvkenya, X. The alleged move is deeply alarming and unacceptable, according to Katiba Institute, a constitutional watchdog. A controversial US-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya is operating despite a court order suspending activities at the site, activists in the East African nation have said, accusing the authorities of defying the ruling. The US-based Christian relief organisation Samaritan’s Purse confirmed that seven …
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