Health officials oppose alleged U.S, Kenya Ebola facility talks

The Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists’ Union (KMPDU) has rejected alleged backdoor negotiations betwixt the Kenyan authorities and the United States implicit plans to found an Ebola quarantine and attraction installation astatine Laikipia Air Base.

In a connection signed by Secretary-General, Dr. Davji Bhimji Atellah, the national accused the authorities of compromising nationalist biosecurity and “trading the lives of citizens for overseas aid.”

KMPDU questioned wherefore Kenya was being considered to big perchance exposed individuals linked to the ongoing Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak successful parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and Uganda, alternatively of countries adjacent to the epicenter.

The national besides criticised the information logic of transporting exposed persons into Kenya, arguing that if a instrumentality formation to the United States is deemed unsafe, it should not beryllium considered harmless to bring specified individuals into Kenyan territory.

It further accused the U.S. of applying treble standards, citing its stated argumentation of not allowing Ebola cases into its ain territory.

KMPDU besides expressed interest that the determination could worsen unit connected Kenya’s already strained wellness system, which it said is facing shortage...