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Edwin Okoth

Kenyan police crack down on protest over Ebola facility

Kenyan police have fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters demonstrating against a ‌quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that the US has raced to build despite Kenyan court orders barring further work.

The proposed 50-bed unit at the Laikipia Air Base has angered many ‌Kenyans, who accuse the US of offloading the risk of caring for those exposed to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.

Two people were killed on June 3 in protests in the central town of Nanyuki, where frustration has grown as Kenyan and US authorities publicly reaffirm their commitment to the plan.

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