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A Kenyan court blocked on Tuesday for another three weeks a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility that has triggered protests killing two people and ordered the government to disclose its agreement with Washington.
The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base in central Kenya for Americans exposed to the virus in Democratic Republic of Congo or Uganda ‌has angered many Kenyans. They accuse the US of offloading the health risk of caring for patients.
A Kenyan court last week temporarily suspended the plan in response to a lawsuit from a legal advocacy group. However, US military aircraft have continued to fly in staff and equipment in recent days, according to a US official and diplomatic sources.
Kenyan High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi on Tuesday issued an order barring the Kenyan government from taking any steps to build or begin operations at the facility in the town of Nanyuki before the case is resolved. The judge ⁠also ordered the government to disclose all agreements and operational protocols related to the facility within seven days and scheduled the next hearing for June 23.
The US State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hundreds protested against the plan in Nanyuki on Monday. Protest organiser Patrick Wahome said two people were killed by gunshot wounds after police opened fire. A security source ‌also said two people had died but did not specify cause of death.
Police spokesperson Michael Muchiri said he was not aware ⁠of the deaths.
On Monday, Kenya President William Ruto said the facility was part of a wider national preparedness plan and long-running health partnership with Washington.
Ruto said it would serve Kenyans and foreign nationals ‌too, though US officials have not confirmed this.
“We are a responsible government. We know what we are doing,” Ruto said.
Kenyan courts are known for their independence, especially by regional standards, although activists often accuse ‌the government of ‌ignoring or circumventing orders.

The outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola is centred in eastern Congo and several cases have spilled over into ‌neighbouring Uganda.
There have been more than 900 suspected cases, including over 220 suspected deaths from the disease.
Experts say the outbreak, declared on May 15, is ⁠likely significantly larger and more advanced than official figures suggest after circulating undetected for many weeks.
President Donald Trump’s administration has said it “cannot and will not allow” any ⁠cases to enter the US, unlike during the Ebola outbreak from 2014 to 2016 in West Africa when several infected US nationals were treated on US soil.
A US citizen who contracted Ebola while treating patients in the DRC as a medical missionary was moved to Germany last month for ‌treatment along with five others who ‌were exposed.
A seventh person was taken to the Czech Republic.
The facility in Nanyuki would be staffed by members of the US Public Health Service, a uniformed branch of the Department of Health and Human Services.
It is meant to receive Americans who have been exposed to the virus but are still asymptomatic. Patients who develop symptoms would be sent for care in other countries, US officials have said.


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A man takes part in a protest on Monday against a US-backed Ebola quarantine plan on the establishment of a 50-bed facility at a Kenyan air force base that was intended to host Americans exposed to Ebola, in Nanyuki town, in Laikipia County. Photo: Reuters

A protester raises a Kenyan flag near a burning barricade during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine centre to be established by the US in Nanyuki, Kenya. Photo: AP

Activists in Kenya protest against an Ebola facility in Nanyuki on Monday. Kenyan President William Ruto said the site would serve Kenyans and foreign nationals ‌too, though US officials have not confirmed this. Photo: EPA

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A protester holds up a sign during a rally on Monday against a proposed Ebola quarantine centre to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base in Kenya. Photo: AP

Kenyans protest against an Ebola quarantine centre to be established by the United States at Laikipia Air Base. Kenya has not recorded Ebola cases, but neighbouring Uganda has reported nine and closed its border with Congo. Photo: AP

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A Kenyan court blocked the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre for another three weeks


A Kenyan court blocked the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre for another three weeks.


Protests over US Ebola centre in Kenya kill 2, court keeps block on site

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A Kenyan court blocked the proposed US Ebola quarantine centre for another three weeks