Young Kenyans protest Ebola quarantine centre for US citizens

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In Kenya's Nanyuki town, youths protested against the establishment of an Ebola quarantine center for US citizens at the Laikipia Air Base, citing concerns over the fragile health system. The High Court suspended the facility's establishment and patient arrivals pending legal proceedings.

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 reason...