State must stop bowing to foreign interests at the expense of Kenyans

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Health workers disinfect an area after a suspected Ebola death in eastern DR Congo on May 25, 2026. [AFP]

The Ruto administration is forging ahead with plans to establish a US Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Laikipia County against a court order and the wishes of the majority of Kenyans.

Laikipia residents reported seeing three huge US helicopters landing at Nanyuki’s Laikipia Air Base last Friday and Saturday. CNN has confirmed Kenyans' fears, saying Americans helping to run the quarantine facility landed at the air base on Saturday.

The decision by Kenya to go ahead with the controversial American project is shocking but not surprising. It is unsurprising because it is in line with the Kenya Kwanza government's silent foreign policy that appears geared at pleasing foreigners, even at the expense of local interests.