Kenya raises Ebola readiness to nearly 90pc as DRC outbreak grows

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Dr. Victoria Kanana, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Lead at the Kenya National Public Health Institute (NPHI) during an interview at Spice FM, Wednesday, August 12,2026. [Screengrab]

Kenya's readiness to respond to an Ebola outbreak has climbed to nearly 90 per cent, a health official has said, despite the country never recording a case of the disease.

Dr. Victoria Kanana, Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Lead at the Kenya National Public Health Institute (NPHI), said months of training, simulation exercises and surveillance upgrades have pushed the score up from 66 per cent in April.

She spoke on Wednesday, August 12, during an interview on Spice FM.