LSK President Charles Kanjama said Kenya should adopt robust public health safeguards, arguing that hosting an Ebola treatment facility for foreign patients would expose the country to unnecessary health risks.

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NAIROBI, Kenya May 28 – The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has opposed a reported proposal by the United States to establish an Ebola treatment centre in Kenya , stressing that such facilities should be located closer to outbreak epicentres, rather than in countries without active cases.

LSK President Charles Kanjama said Kenya should adopt robust public health safeguards, arguing that hosting an Ebola treatment facility for foreign patients would expose the country to unnecessary health ris

“We equally want to see the Kenya government take robust measures to avoid cases of Ebola from entering Kenya. That includes declining the request by the US Government to set up an Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenya where Ebola patients from other countries will be flown in,” Kanjama said.

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While acknowledging the need for compassion and medical support for Ebola patients, Kanjama maintained that treatment centres and isolation protocols should be established closer to the source of infections.

“Since all Ebola patients deserve access to the highest standard of medical care, and we owe them human solidarity even as we protect the healthy population, public health dictates require that the medical treatment facility and treatment isolation protocols be set up near the common epicentre of the infection,” he said.

According to the LSK president, the most appropriate locations for such facilities would be Eastern Congo or Western Uganda, regions he described as closer to the outbreak epicentre.

Kanjama’s remarks come amid growing concern over disease preparedness and regional health security as countries strengthen surveillance and containment measures against cross-border transmission of infectious diseases.

The LSK chief stressed the need for Kenya to balance humanitarian responsibility with the protection of public health, saying efforts to care for Ebola patients should not compromise the safety of the wider population.

Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has said any agreement between Kenya and foreign nations involving the handling of Ebola-exposed individuals must strictly comply with Kenyan law and public health regulations.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya