Kenya police fire tear gas at protest against US Ebola center
Key takeaways
- Plans to open a quarantine center for American citizens exposed to Ebola are facing local resistance.
- Small groups of demonstrators gathered near the site of the proposed 50-bed facility at Laikipia Air Base.
- The site, which lies about 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, is to be managed by US staff and host Americans exposed to Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.
Plans to open a quarantine center for American citizens exposed to Ebola are facing local resistance. Some Kenyans accuse the US government of outsourcing health risks.
https://p.dw.com/p/5F3KKThe controversial facility at an air base in central Kenya has been met with opposition from local residents Image: Monicah Mwangi/REUTERSAdvertisement Kenyan police fired tear gas early Tuesday to break up a protest against a planned Ebola quarantine center for US citizens in the central town of Nanyuki.
Small groups of demonstrators gathered near the site of the proposed 50-bed facility at Laikipia Air Base. Some of them wore protective medical uniforms, waved Kenyan flags and carried a coffin with "Ebola" written on it. The AFP news agency reported that several people were arrested.