Kenya's Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has defended the ongoing construction of a U.S.-funded Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base, emphasizing it's a precautionary measure against potential outbreaks, not an indication of an existing one.

• The facility's construction is proceeding amid a court dispute, with the Katiba Institute seeking to cite Duale and Attorney General Dorcas Oduor for contempt over alleged defiance of court orders halting the project.
• Duale stated that Kenya has not recorded any cases of the Bundibugyo virus strain but remains on high alert due to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
• Protests against the facility in Nanyuki and Laikipia have resulted in at least three deaths.