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How Kenya prepared for the Ebola threat

By David Njaaga | 2h ago

Kenya’s first confirmed Bundibugyo Ebola case has revived concerns over the country’s preparedness after earlier opposition to a proposed US-backed quarantine facility in Laikipia. [File, Standard]

A Kenyan man who had lived in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for seven years travelled to Nairobi after falling ill, becoming Kenya’s first confirmed case of Ebola.

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