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Activists chant slogans and carry placards and a mock coffin during protests against a US-built Ebola quarantine centre planned for Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base in Nairobi, June 2, 2026. [AFP]
The County Government of Laikipia has urged the High Court to block the establishment of a United States government Ebola quarantine, monitoring, and treatment facility within the Kenya Air Force Base in Nanyuki.
In a replying affidavit filed before the Milimani High Court, the county government argues the project was conceived without adequate consultation and poses risks to school children, tourism, and the health of more than 518,000 residents.
Laikipia County Executive Committee Member for Health Albert Taiti says the county government was not consulted before the National Government identified and announced the Laikipia Air Base as the proposed site for the facility.
