The emergency center, constructed by the U.S. military at the Laikipia Air Base, was scheduled to begin full clinical operations on Friday, May 29, 2026.
The United States government is locked in a high-stakes diplomatic and legal battle with Kenyan authorities after a Nairobi High Court abruptly halted a controversial White House operation to establish a makeshift Ebola quarantine and treatment facility on East African soil.
The emergency center, constructed by the U.S. military at the Laikipia Air Base, was scheduled to begin full clinical operations on Friday, May 29, 2026.
However, it was permanently frozen at the final hour following a wave of local public outrage and a successful constitutional challenge lodged by civic and medical groups.
In a swift damage-control statement released via X late Friday, the office of the United States Foreign Assistance acknowledged the legal defeat but maintained that Washington is actively working behind closed doors to bypass the court's restrictions.
