KENYAN GOVERNMENT HALTS US EBOLA CENTRE AS HEALTH MINISTER FACES CONTEMPT CASE. (PHOTO).
Kenyan government halts US Ebola centre as health minister faces contempt case Kenya has ordered a halt to preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility, the health minister told a court Tuesday, after the minister was held in contempt for ignoring a previous stop-work order. Kenyans have strongly opposed the plan, and deadly protests have taken place since the facility was announced in May for potential US citizens evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with a major Ebola outbreak. Three people have been killed in unrest near the facility in Laikipia. It has been constructed at Laikipia Air Base, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, with some 50 isolation beds, and was expected to be managed by US medical staff. Ignoring court orders Kenya's government ignored a previous order by the high court to stop work on the site. Rights groups had petitioned the court, saying the facility was being developed secretly and without con...