{"id":21596,"date":"2026-06-02T09:47:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=21596"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T09:47:51","slug":"protests-erupt-in-kenya-over-planned-u-s-funded-ebola-quarantine-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/protests-erupt-in-kenya-over-planned-u-s-funded-ebola-quarantine-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests erupt in Kenya over planned U.S.-funded Ebola quarantine facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Hundreds of residents in Nanyuki have staged protests against a U.S.-backed plan to build an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base in Laikipia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, demonstrators argued that the project could pose a public health risk and called on the government to halt the initiative entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests come days after the High Court of Kenya temporarily suspended implementation of the plan following the filing of a legal challenge. The court expressed concerns that the project could potentially endanger public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reports indicate that the proposed 50-bed facility was intended to house U.S. citizens who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus but had not yet developed symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Kenyan government, however, has defended the project, saying it is designed to strengthen preparedness for public health emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Local residents have vowed to continue their demonstrations over fears of a possible disease outbreak, while the court has yet to issue a final ruling on the controversial project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Hundreds of residents in Nanyuki have staged protests against a U.S.-backed plan to build an Ebola quarantine facility at a military base in Laikipia. According to reports, demonstrators argued that the project could pose a public health risk and called on the government to halt the initiative entirely. The protests come days after the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21598,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21596\/revisions\/21598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}