Kenya health minister held in contempt over US-backed Ebola site
What's new: A judge will sentence Aden Duale on Tuesday after ruling he let work continue despite an order to stop it.
A Kenyan court found Health Minister Aden Duale in contempt on Monday for allowing construction to continue on a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Nanyuki after a judge had ordered the work halted. Justice Patricia Nyaundi ruled that the government could not sidestep the order by recasting the project as a Kenyan effort rather than a joint US-Kenyan build. The facility is meant for US citizens suspected of contracting Ebola in the current Democratic Republic of Congo outbreak. The plan has triggered protests in Nanyuki, about 87 miles north of Nairobi, where three people died as police dispersed demonstrators. Washington plans $13.5 million for Kenya's Ebola preparedness as part of a broader $112 million regional response.