Opposition leaders led by Rigathi Gachagua have criticised plans for an Ebola treatment facility in Kenya, citing public safety concerns, weak health systems, and lack of public consultation.

Kenyan leaders and health experts are opposing reported plans for an Ebola treatment facility in Kenya, arguing the government should prioritise protecting citizens from the virus.

A Kenyan rights group said on Thursday it had filed a court petition against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine centre for US nationals in the East African country.

The plan to send Ebola-exposed US nationals to Kenya, which has no known cases of the virus, has provoked a backlash.

MPs from the Mount Kenya region have opposed reported plans to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility in Laikipia County, calling for full transparency from the…

The scheme, which had Nairobi’s approval, has been suspended due to concerns it could expose the public to “grave health risks.”

The US proposal to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya has been met with a fierce backlash from medical workers in the East African country, where no cases have been…

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The High Court of Kenya has called for a temporary halt to the United States' plans to establish a 50-bed Ebola quarantine facility for Americans.

A Kenyan advocacy group challenged the center alleging the 50-bed facility was being established in a “secretive, unilateral” manner.

A Kenyan high court blocked the opening a facility for triaging American citizens exposed to Ebola.

Kenya's largest medical professionals union, which welcomed the ruling, argued that if setting up an Ebola quarantine facility "is too dangerous for America, it is too dangerous…

There has been a public outcry to the plan to bring American citizens exposed to the deadly virus in the region into Kenya.

Kenya’s approval for the United States to establish an Ebola quarantine facility at Laikipia Air Base has ignited a storm of ethical, political, and public health concerns

Medics demand answers over Ebola facility.

Tourism stakeholders oppose plans to establish a US-backed Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.

Opposition leaders led by Rigathi Gachagua have criticised plans for an Ebola treatment facility in Kenya, citing public safety concerns, weak health systems, and lack of public…

The Ruto administration is forging ahead with plans to establish a US Ebola quarantine and treatment centre in Laikipia County against a court order and the wishes of the majority…

Health CS Aden Duale has defended the proposed US-backed Ebola isolation facility in Laikipia, saying it will serve both Kenyans and Americans.

The potential deadly consequences of having the centre in Kenya cannot be ignored.

Hundreds of residents in central Kenya marched Monday in protest of a proposed U.S.-run field hospital for U.S. citizens exposed to Ebola.