Overview
- Protests in Nanyuki escalated on Tuesday when police fired tear gas and arrested demonstrators who gathered near Laikipia Air Base to oppose the 50-bed facility.
- Kenya's High Court has twice issued temporary orders pausing work and ordered the disclosure of all agreements and protocols, and lawyers say the government missed a court deadline to produce those documents.
- Flight-tracking data, U.S. diplomatic sources and satellite imagery show continued U.S. military flights and a build-up of tents and equipment at the cleared 11-acre site despite the injunctions.
- U.S. officials say the center is intended for asymptomatic Americans exposed to the Bundibugyo ebolavirus and that anyone who develops symptoms would be transferred to other countries for treatment.
- The clash feeds wider public concern over sovereignty and transactional health deals, and it risks harming Nanyuki's tourism, straining local trust in health planning, and complicating regional response to the WHO-declared emergency.