Kenyan police fire tear gas at protest over US Ebola site
What's new: construction at the Nanyuki air base has continued despite court orders halting work on the 50-bed facility.
Kenyan police fired tear gas on June 9 to disperse protesters in Nanyuki opposing a US-backed Ebola quarantine center being built at Laikipia Air Base for Americans exposed to the virus. The proposed 50-bed unit has drawn anger from residents who fear infection risks and accuse the government of pushing ahead without transparency. A High Court judge has twice barred further work and ordered Kenya's government to disclose agreements and operating protocols, but lawyer Joshua Malidzo said the latest deadline expired on June 8 without compliance. Satellite imagery reviewed by Reuters and the BBC indicated construction continued. President William Ruto has defended the plan, while the US says the site would hold asymptomatic patients exposed during the outbreak in eastern Congo and Uganda.