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Mother finds body of missing son two days after Kenya's Ebola quarantine centre protests
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Mother finds body of missing son two days after Kenya's Ebola quarantine centre protests

BBC World · Jun 12, 2026, 4:41 PM · Also reported by 3 other sources

Key takeaways

  • Akisa Wandera BBC Africa, Nairobi Family photograph Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u's mother said he went out on Tuesday to collect his school uniform from his aunt.
  • Warning: This article contains details some readers may find upsetting.
  • The 17-year-old was killed on Tuesday in clashes between police and demonstrators during a protest over a US plan to build an Ebola quarantine centre at a nearby military base.

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Akisa Wandera BBC Africa, Nairobi Family photograph Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u's mother said he went out on Tuesday to collect his school uniform from his aunt. The mother of teenager Sylvester Muigai Ndung'u found his body in a mortuary in the central Kenyan town of Nanyuki two days after he went missing.

Warning: This article contains details some readers may find upsetting.

The 17-year-old was killed on Tuesday in clashes between police and demonstrators during a protest over a US plan to build an Ebola quarantine centre at a nearby military base.

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