Cabinet Secretary for Health Hon. Aden Duale. [Courtesy]
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale is defennding the government's decision to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at the Laikipia Air base and insists the project is a critical component of Kenya's preparedness strategy and not a secret arrangement to host foreign patients. He says the facility will remain under Kenya's jurisdiction even as the united states provivides logistical and humman resource support.
There is an Ebola quarantine facility being set up in Laikipia. Many Kenyans are worried that it is meant for Americans only and that it will be run by the US military. Is that true?
Let me set the record straight. The facility is under Kenyan jurisdiction. We will not compromise the sovereignty of our country. The Laikipia facility is one of 23 quarantine, isolation and treatment centres being established across the country. It will be managed by Kenyan authorities, specifically under the Kenya Defence Forces medical team, working alongside American counterparts. It is not a US-run facility.
So Kenyans will have access to the facility?
