Kenyan President William Ruto delivers a speech at the “Africa Forward” summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, on Tuesday, May 12, 2026
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Kenyan president defends controversial US-backed Ebola facility | Africanews
Kenya's president on Tuesday defended the opening of an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals after a court halted the plan and security forces teargassed protesters fearing the deadly virus could spread in the country
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Ruto defended Kenya's 50-bed US Ebola facility for Americans from DRC's 1000+ outbreak; court halted it after protests. Signals governance tensions in pandemic infrastructure—key for IT leaders managing cross-border health systems.
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