By Angela Oketch & Mercy Chelangat
What you need to know:
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has said that the government will not seek public consultation on the establishment of a Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base by the US government.
"This epidemic does not require any consultation before Kenyans are infected. We as a government have a moral constitutional responsibility to protect both Kenyans and other people who are not Kenyans who live within our border or who transit within our country," he said.
Appearing before the National Assembly, where he had been summoned to account for Kenya's Ebola preparedness amid a deadly regional outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, Mr Duale said, the Public Health Act mandates the Ministry of Health to take all necessary action to protect and safeguard the safety of citizens, visitors, and all those who live within Kenya's borders from any infectious disease.
