In a town overlooked by picturesque Mount Kenya, locals are angry and afraid of their government allowing the United States to build an Ebola facility in their midst.
The centre at Laikipia Air Base, hidden behind huge grey walls, is set to quarantine Americans arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which is battling a major Ebola outbreak.
Kenya has never recorded a single case of Ebola, so people in the surrounding tourist town of Nanyuki wonder why the United States should be allowed to fly in potential carriers of the highly contagious disease.
“It is endangering our lives and our business,” said Nicholas, 42, a souvenir vendor who did not want to give his surname for fear of reprisals.
“We are scared, we don’t know why (they chose) Laikipia,” he said.
A US diplomatic source said the facility, which will have 50 isolation beds and be managed by
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