Topic

Laikipia

A nurse in full personal protective equipment during an Ebola outbreak response, gloved and gowned in an isolation setting

The $800 Million Contradiction: Washington Funds an Ebola Centre Kenya's Own Courts Have Halted

Washington has asked Congress for $800 million to finish an Ebola quarantine centre in Laikipia — a facility Kenyan courts have already ordered stopped and Kenyans have died protesting.

about 1 month ago5 min

Health

The Tents at Laikipia: Why a US-Backed Ebola Camp on Kenyan Soil Has the Diaspora Watching Home With Unease

A health minister held in contempt, white tents rising on an air base, and three dead in the protests — the fight over a quarantine centre for Americans has become a question about who Kenya answers to.

about 1 month ago5 min

Mount Kenya rises above Nanyuki town in Laikipia County, the highland garrison town where the British Army Training Unit Kenya is based.

Politics

Justice Before the Signatures: Why Nanyuki's Families Want a Reckoning Before Britain's Army Stays On

about 2 months ago5 min

Health workers in protective suits inside an Ebola treatment unit, illustrating the kind of biosafety facility disputed at Laikipia

Politics

The Facility They Never Asked For: How a US-Backed Ebola Centre Put a Kenyan Minister in the Dock

about 2 months ago5 min