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A Kenyan High Court has ordered the government to disclose details of the United States-backed Ebola quarantine facility after it failed to file responses or appear in court.
The court had, on Friday, suspended the government’s plan to establish a 50-bed quarantine facility in Kenya and barred the admission of individuals exposed to Ebola, pending the hearing of a case filed by the Katiba Institute.
It also directed the Health Cabinet Secretary to provide the petitioner and the public with details of the agreement, health and biosafety assessments, regulatory approvals, and operational protocols.
The Cabinet Secretary was ordered to make the disclosures within seven days.
The court also set the matter for mention on June 23 to confirm compliance and arrange a hearing.
There has been outrage and public criticism in Kenya following the government’s partnership with the US to establish a quarantine facility intended to treat US citizens believed to have been exposed to the virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda.
A rights group, the Katiba Institute, warned that the arrangement posed “grave and imminent risks” to public health in the country.
Doctors in the East African country have accused the Ruto administration of engaging in “backdoor negotiations” and have demanded the immediate release of any bilateral agreements underpinning the plan.
On Monday, Ruto justified the partnership with United States President Donald Trump on the Ebola facility, describing it as a partnership with “friends who have worked with Kenya.”
