Miss Habesha

I am a child of the wild,a free spirit in the open fields I roam. I will fight for you and see you are not killed for your horns.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Witnesses have said a protester has been shot in central Kenya during a demonstration against a US quarantine centre for Americans exposed to Ebola that is being built despite Kenyan court orders barring further work, Reuters reports.

🔴 More on https://t.co/5H0QqpfIYw

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇰🇪🇺🇸 Kenyan police are still clashing with protesters after firing tear gas and making arrests this morning over a U.S.-backed Ebola quarantine facility on a local air force base.

2 people were killed in demonstrations last week.

The U.S. wants the site to house Americans exposed to Ebola in Congo and Uganda, keeping them off U.S. soil.

Kenya's courts have twice ordered work to stop, but the U.S. kept building anyway.

Source: Reuters / Writer: Julie

[National Shrine of St. Jude @ShrineofStJude]

We have a wonderful God. He exerted all efforts to create a world where we can truly maximize our potentials.

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Tourists reported Wangalla alone — a tiny baby in a big wilderness, crying for her mum, seeking shelter among a herd of zebra.

Today she has Misheck. When dusk falls and the other orphans settle, he prepares her freshly-cut branches while she paddles around — one bright eye always fixed on him. She waits for every leaf to be plucked before she tucks in. Should he gets up for a cup of tea, she follows as his little blanketed shadow.

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[DIRECTOR FRANCOS @FrancosMzungu]

Current situation at Nanyuki Airbase as area residents stage protests against the proposed Ebola quarantine facility in Laikipia County.

[Ademba Allans @Ademba_47]

Thousands of Kenyans gather in Nairobi CBD on a end femicide and pedicide march. They are demanding it to be declared a national crisis by @WilliamsRuto.

[Lynn @DreamgirlLynn]

I’m at the airport in London and they’re asking everyone if they’ve been to an African country in the last 21 days and then they further ask, which ones and especially in East and Central Africa. Kenyans if you’re travelling anywhere soon especially from home…itakuwa ngori

[BenkaCentral @BenkaCentral]

Nairobi CBD for you.

[Mary Njoroge @Maryian96]

Two US Air Force jets C-17s (03-3115 & 98-0051) just landed at Laikipia Airbase from Ramstein.

Heightened construction ongoing. The Ebola quarantine facility for Americans exposed in Congo is real.
Why can't America quarantine its own citizens on American soil? Why bring this risk to Kenya?

This was done in secret. Kenyans only found out from the US Secretary of State, not our own government.

[DJ KROWBAR @DJKrowbar]

Allegedly, the matron just opened only one door and walked away instead of both at Utumishi Girls Academy and never called the children to run out of the dorms.

Why were the doors locked?

Kenyans on the minimum are expecting some people to be charged, especially the matron.

[I. Cox @IanECox]

Workers at the Two Rivers International Finance & Innovation Centre (TRIFIC) SEZ in Kenya 🇰🇪 are being sent home because there is no backup generator.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

BREAKING: Uganda closes border with DRC with immediate effect over Ebola outbreak.

"Any person returning from the DRC into Uganda shall undergo mandatory self isolation for 21 days"

[Miss Habesha @mauayako]

@2njerii @stellamarismega How is the management of Norfolk...:(

[@Stellamaris @stellamarismega]

International travelers notoriously suffer from "geographic amnesia." Associating Kenya with an Ebola containment hub even if only for transferring foreign nationals exposed elsewhere in the region inflicts massive reputation damage just as the peak season begins.

[Farhiya Abass @farhiyaabass]

Uganda closes its borders to control Ebola. Meanwhile we are welcoming it with open arms. This quarantine facility is a bad idea.

[Football @kenyasiasani]

@mkainerugaba Decisive move by Gen. Muhoozi to prioritize Ugandan lives amid this Bundibugyo Ebola threat from Ituri. With confirmed cases already crossing into Kampala and hundreds suspected in DRC, containment is critical

[Mohammed Hersi : Mr Optimist @mohammedhersi]

1/2 Dear @MOH_Kenya @HonAdenDuale @EACAffairsKenya
@jumuiya

The Right Initiative, Wrong Location: Ugand and not Kenya should Host the US Ebola Facility

Your announcement that Kenya is "ready" and "capable" to host an American-supported Ebola treatment facility demands a direct response. Being ready and being the right choice are two different things entirely. Setting up an Ebola treatment facility in East Africa is sensible and necessary. The principle is sound, establish medical infrastructure close to outbreak epicenters where it can save lives and contain spread.

Kenya fundamentally undermines this logic by volunteering to host a facility when the virus is not here and when it is ravaging Uganda and the DRC. Uganda Has the Expertise, Kenya Has the Gap. Uganda has managed multiple Ebola outbreaks over the past two decades, demonstrating proven capacity to contain and control the virus. The country has built institutional knowledge, trained personnel, and established protocols that work. Kenya, by contrast, has never recorded a single Ebola case.

This is not a matter of capability in the abstract. This is about relevant experience. An Ebola facility should be positioned where it strengthens existing response capacity and supports active containment efforts not in a country watching from the sidelines while neighboring nations face a public health crisis.
The Dangerous Contradiction in US Policy here lies the most glaring inconsistency in this arrangement: The United States has placed Uganda on a Level 4 Travel Advisory due to the current Ebola outbreak, effectively forbidding American citizens / tourists from entering the country yet the same logic that deems Uganda too dangerous for American tourists somehow deems Kenya safe enough to receive American patients with active Ebola infection. This is incoherent. If Uganda presents an unacceptable risk to American travelers, the risks to Kenyan medical staff, support personnel, and citizens cannot be dismissed as manageable. If Kenya is genuinely safe, why the restrictions on Uganda? One policy or the other must give but it appears both are in effect, creating an untenable situation.

Where the Need Is Greatest
Uganda & DRC faces active cases right now. Both Uganda & DRC need targeted support to halt spread and save lives. A facility positioned in Uganda or DRC would provide immediate care to those already infected strengthen local health infrastructure under pressure
Enable knowledge transfer to Ugandan medical teams
Demonstrate genuine partnership in crisis response, not burden-shifting to a neighboring country
The Democratic Republic of Congo faces the same urgent reality.

Kenya, facing no current outbreak, does not share this urgency. Resources directed to Kenya are resources diverted from where they are needed most at the epicenter of the outbreak.

The Economic Reality Kenya Cannot Ignore. There is another critical dimension to this decision: Kenya's tourism industry, valued at approximately $4 billion annually, cannot survive the collision between hosting an Ebola treatment facility and maintaining international travel confidence. Tourism and Ebola do not coexist. History demonstrates this clearly. The moment Kenya hosts an Ebola centre, regardless of the Ministry's assurances, travel advisories will follow. Insurance companies will raise premiums. Tour operators will divert bookings. The peak season ahead will be devastated. This is not speculation . It is economic reality. Nations housing disease outbreak facilities face immediate travel restrictions, cancelled bookings, and investor reluctance. Kenya cannot afford this collision, particularly as we head into our highest-revenue tourism months of June to October peak safari season. .......

[Miss Habesha @mauayako]

@mohammedhersi @MOH_Kenya @HonAdenDuale @EACAffairsKenya @jumuiya Why cant these patients not be taken back to the USA they have their own quarantine facilities

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Global oil prices are down nearly 6%.

— Crude oil is down 5.8% to $91 per barrel
— Brent crude is down 5.5% to $97 per barrel

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

A cat that fell from a stadium roof was safely caught by fans using a large team flag, which acted as an improvised net and saved the animal.