home
article
Young Kenyans Demonstrate Against Ebola Quarantine Facility for US Citizens

Young Kenyans Demonstrate Against Ebola Quarantine Facility for US Citizens

Updated on

ai generated text

Hundreds of youths in Nanyuki protested the establishment of an Ebola quarantine centre for American citizens at Laikipia Air Base. This follows Kenya’s High Court suspending the facility and the arrival of foreign patients pending a hearing of a case filed by the Law Society of Kenya and a constitutional watchdog.

William Ruto
United Democratic Movement
1. We are a responsible government. We know what we are doing. People should relax. Politicians should avoid reckless, unnecessary talk that doesn't mean anything.
2. Because it was an agreement and a partnership with friends who have walked with Kenya for 30, 40 years.
3. It would be most unfortunate if, on one request by the Americans to set up a facility at their cost, we would refuse; we would look very inhuman.
4. I can tell you without fear of any contradiction, and I can look at everybody in the eye ... and tell you we ‌are doing ‌the right thing.
5. These measures are intended solely to safeguard public health and strengthen our capacity to respond effectively to health emergencies.
Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union
1. If it is too dangerous for America, it is too dangerous for Kenya.
Ronald Nahass
Infectious Diseases Society of America
1. Why wouldn't you evacuate American citizens if you're concerned?
2. We've spent taxpayer dollars to create some really first-class biocontainment units to specifically address this type of an issue and have trained staff who are extraordinarily expert in dealing with this.
Malin Ndegwa
1. Why are they not doing it in the DRC [Congo]? Why are they not doing it in Uganda? Why must they bring it here? So we are saying, we categorically, no negotiations, no public participation, we want nothing. We want that facility taken out of our town, we want it taken out of Kenya.
Charles Mathenge
1. Kenya is our country, and we should be careful with it.
2. Everybody should be quarantined in their home country. We shouldn't allow foreigners to bring us diseases.
David Mulinge
1. What's shocking is that the Americans don't want their infected fellow citizens to step into their own country but to come to Kenya. That's like treating us as lesser beings.
Simon Ong'ono
1. President Ruto should completely abandon this plan and close our borders to patients from other countries.
Purity Kendi
1. We don't have another country to run to.
2. We expect our leaders to protect us but they've showed us that they don't care about us.

Young Kenyans Demonstrate Against Ebola Quarantine Facility for US Citizens

sources

perspectives

countries

organizations

persons

technicals