New Satellite Images Raise Questions Over Laikipia Ebola Facility
Officials insist everything has been halted at a sensitive site in central Kenya. But new images from above, and unusual activity on the ground, are telling a very different story, one that doesn’t quite add up...
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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."
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