Ruto defends US-backed Ebola facility in Kenya as the 'right thing'
Ruto defends US-backed Ebola facility in Kenya as the 'right thing'
ReutersThu, June 4, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC
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1 / 0Protests against a U.S. Ebola quarantine plan in KenyaRiot police officers talk to a demonstrator during protests against a U.S.-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, Kenya June 1, 2026. REUTERS/John Muchucha
JOHANNESBURG, June 4 (Reuters) - Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday said his government was doing "the right thing" by allowing the United States to set up an Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya.
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"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," Ruto told a press conference during his state visit to South Africa.
(Reporting by Nilutpal Timsina;Editing by Alexander Winning)
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