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Carlos Mureithi in Nanyuki

‘We don’t have another country to run to’: Kenyans fear US plan for Ebola quarantine site

A crowd of protesters sitting on the ground with their arms in the air
Protesters in Nanyuki demonstrating against plans for an Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens on Monday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

People from a town in central Kenya where the US wants to set up an Ebola quarantine facility for its citizens have strongly criticised the plan, saying they fear it will expose them to the virus and that it is indicative of double standards on the part of the US.

“Everybody should be quarantined in their home country. We shouldn’t allow foreigners to bring us diseases,” said Charles Mathenge, a taxi driver who lives near Laikipia Air Base, the proposed site in Nanyuki, 120 miles from the capital, Nairobi. “Kenya is our country, and we should be careful with it.”

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