Published on
23/06/2026 - 15:14 GMT+2
Kenya has halted construction of a controversial US-backed Ebola isolation facility after the country's High Court found Health Minister Aden Duale in contempt of court.
On Tuesday, Duale told the court that he had ordered "the immediate and complete cessation" of construction and related activities at the site pending the outcome of a legal challenge. The move marks a big reversal after weeks of political and public pressure over the project.
The planned facility was a 50-bed quarantine and isolation centre at Laikipia Air Base, near the town of Nanyuki, around 200 kilometres north of Nairobi. It was intended to house US citizens who may have been exposed to Ebola during response operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other affected countries in the region.
