President William Ruto defended the proposed 50-bed facility Tuesday, while U.S. health experts and former officials warned that the plan to treat exposed Americans abroad raised “profound clinical, ethical, operational, and legal concerns.”

Hundreds of youths marched to Kenya’s Laikipia Air Base on Monday to protest against plans to establish an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens exposed to the virus.

Protests erupted in Kenya after reports emerged that the United States plans to establish a quarantine facility near Laikipia Air Base to house American citizens exposed to Ebola.…