Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has defended the government's decision to allow the United States to build an Ebola laboratory at the Laikipia airbase, amidst legal challenges.

• The laboratory aims to strengthen Kenya's Ebola monitoring, isolation, and emergency response capabilities in partnership with the US Government.
• This initiative faces opposition with at least four legal cases filed, including one by the Katiba Institute, which resulted in a court order to halt the project.
• CS Duale cited the success of a Covid-19 facility at Nairobi Hospital as a precedent for the value of such health infrastructure investments.