The kind of talks we need in this country.
Kenya would prosper if these were the kind of talks we got from our leaders rather than hurling abuses and bad mouthing.
You were the best, stop following them and be yourself.
Kenya has zero confirmed Ebola cases. Our borders are being monitored, and we’re already stretching our underfunded health system, recently doctors were on strike, our hospitals face shortages of medicine and equipment. Yet our government has reportedly given approval for this high-risk facility on Kenyan soil, near local communities, in exchange for aid money and continued bilateral relations.
Why Kenya? Why not a facility closer to the epicenter in the DRC, or in a country with far more advanced biocontainment infrastructure? Why place potentially exposed individuals (even asymptomatic) in a nation whose health system is fragile?
Kenya bears the proximity risk, the biosecurity burden, and the potential for accidental spread if protocols ever fail.
Ebola is not a joke.
It spreads through bodily fluids, has a high fatality rate, and the Bundibugyo strain currently circulating has no widely approved vaccine or treatment like some others. Even with “state-of-the-art” U.S. staffing, human error, accidents, or local transmission remain real possibilities.
Kenyan doctors (KMPDU), legal experts, civil society, and ordinary citizens are right to sound the alarm. We’ve seen how quickly outbreaks can escalate.
• What contingency plans are in place if the virus escapes containment?
• Is our sovereignty and public health being sold for $13.5 million and strategic favors?
Aid is welcome. Partnership is welcome. But not at the expense of Kenyan lives. We cannot allow Kenya to become America’s offshore Ebola quarantine site while our own citizens face daily health crises.
@SuleimanHashi@elonmusk Go back home 🏡 and fix Somalia. It's about time. She has the funds, experience and whatever needed to lead Somalia into prosperity.