Kenya has implemented mandatory health surveillance forms for all travellers arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda as a precautionary measure against the spread of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD).

• Travellers must complete an Electronic Traveller Surveillance Form before disembarking.
• The Kenyan Ministry of Health is conducting temperature screenings above 38 degrees Celsius at all airports.
• This initiative aims to prevent EVD importation and is being enforced at key entry points, including Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).

President William Ruto cancelled a planned visit to Congo-Brazzaville on May 26, 2026, due to concerns over a growing Ebola outbreak and a mandatory 21-day quarantine requirement.

• President William Ruto was advised to cancel his trip to avoid a mandatory 21-day quarantine upon returning to Kenya.
• The revelation was made by Health CS Aden Duale while defending the construction of an Ebola Quarantine facility.
• Ruto's advance team, who had already traveled, was placed under a 21-day quarantine upon their return.

Satellite imagery from Tuesday suggests construction at the Laikipia Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya continued, contradicting assurances from Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale that the project was halted.

• The U.S.-backed facility, intended for isolating Americans exposed to Ebola in the DRC, features new white tents and metallic container-like structures visible in recent imagery.
• Despite a Kenyan court issuing orders to suspend the project, heavy trucks and cargo aircraft have reportedly continued operations at the military airbase in Nanyuki.
• Public concern and protests have intensified over fears of turning Kenya into a "holding ground for foreign disease outbreaks."