President Donald Trump's administration is seeking $800 million in emergency funding for a controversial Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya, even as the project remains stalled by court orders and mounting opposition within the East African country.
The funding request, submitted to Congress as part of a broader $1.4 billion Ebola response package, highlights Washington's determination to position Kenya as a key hub in efforts to contain what U.S. officials warn could become the worst Ebola outbreak in recent history.
According to an exclusive report by Reuters, a Trump administration official said the proposed funding would support the Kenyan quarantine center alongside treatment supplies, contact tracing operations, infection-control measures, and a regional logistics network designed to respond to the rapidly expanding outbreak.
The request comes at a sensitive moment for the project.
Earlier this week, Kenya's health minister ordered an immediate halt to construction of the U.S.-backed Ebola facility after being found guilty of contempt of court, following a prolonged legal dispute over the project's development.
