Kenya Defies Court Freeze to Keep Building Ebola Unit for US Troops at 1 Airbase
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3
Kenya Defies Court Freeze to Keep Building Ebola Unit for US Troops at 1 Airbase
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jun 3
Summary
Health Secretary Aden Duale told lawmakers in Nairobi on Wednesday that Kenya will keep constructing an isolation and treatment unit at an airbase despite a court freeze order.
The facility is intended to house US servicemen exposed to Ebola, making the dispute a clash between a judicial halt and the government's stated public-health and security rationale.
Duale framed the decision as a health issue rather than a political one, saying, “We will not stop it” and urging critics not to politicize citizens’ health.