Kenyan president defends US Ebola facility amid deadly protests

Article excerpt

Kenya's President William Ruto defended his decision to allow the United States to construct an Ebola quarantine facility on Kenyan soil, calling it the "right thing" to do. The announcement has triggered deadly protests across the country, with demonstrators objecting to the foreign military medical presence. Ruto's defense suggests tension between his government's health security goals and public concerns about national sovereignty and the facility's purpose. The protests underscore deep unease among Kenyans about hosting a U.S. biomedical installation, even as regional disease outbreaks pose genuine public health threats.