Key Facts

• The High Court in Kenya stopped building the 50-bed Ebola isolation center at a military base in Nanyuki until a rights group’s case was heard.
• Minister Aden Duale allowed construction to continue despite the court order and was found guilty of contempt of court.
• Protests against the center resulted in three deaths, including a 17-year-old boy who was shot during police efforts to control the crowd.
• The quarantine center is intended for US citizens suspected of having Ebola from the outbreak in DR Congo.
• The Katiba Institute warned the center posed serious health risks and filed the court case to stop construction.
• Kenya’s health ministry claimed ongoing work was only by the Kenyan government and not in violation of the court order, but the judge disagreed.
• President William Ruto supports the quarantine center, saying the US requested it and refusing would be "inhuman."
• The US plans to provide $13.5 million to Kenya as part of a larger $112 million effort for regional Ebola response.
• Kenya has not recorded any Ebola cases, while DR Congo has over 1,000 confirmed cases and Uganda has 20 confirmed cases so far.