Satellite imagery captured over central Kenya on Tuesday suggests that construction at the Laikipia Ebola quarantine facility may have continued despite assurances by Health officials that all works at the military airbase in Nanyuki had been suspended.

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This development comes hours after Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale told a court in Nairobi that he had ordered an immediate halt to the U.S.-backed project at the facility.

The apparent contradiction has now intensified scrutiny over the site, fuelling a widening controversy that has drawn in public concern, diplomatic sensitivities, and questions over compliance with court and government directives.

The latest satellite images show new white tents arranged in orderly rows, while metallic container-like structures, previously absent in earlier imagery from the mont, have also appeared near the edge of the compound.

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According to reports, heavy trucks have continued entering the facility after dark, while cargo aircraft have been landing at unusual hours.

Workers have also been seen moving materials behind newly erected perimeter screens, even after a Kenyan court issued orders suspending the project.

The facility, according to U.S. and diplomatic sources, is intended to isolate and monitor Americans exposed to Ebola during the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where more than 1,000 infections have been recorded.

In Nanyuki, tensions flared days after news of the quarantine centre first surfaced online, with demonstrators marching through the town carrying branches and placards warning against turning Kenya into what they described as a “holding ground for foreign disease outbreaks.”

Meanwhile, satellite observations appear to align with aviation tracking data reviewed by journalists and corroborated by diplomatic sources.

Those records indicate that flights carrying medical supplies and specialist personnel continued to arrive at the Nanyuki air base even after court suspension orders were issued.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke