The project was temporarily halted after a High Court of Kenya order blocking implementation pending legal challenges. Petitioners argued there had been insufficient public participation and raised concerns about potential public health and environmental risks.
The proposal involves a 50-bed quarantine and bio-isolation unit intended to monitor and treat American personnel who may have been exposed to Ebola while operating in regions affected by the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
According to the plan described publicly, the facility would be managed by the U.S. Public Health Service and would primarily serve U.S. government personnel rather than the general Kenyan population.