00:00A Kenyan court has temporarily stopped the reopening of a U.S.-run Ebola quarantine center at Laikipa Airways
00:07following a legal challenge by a local rights group.
00:10The facility was meant to receive American arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo
00:14which is battling a major Ebola outbreak and was designed with 50 isolation bands and specialized biocontainment units.
00:21The petition, filed by the Katiba Institute, argues the center was established secretly and without public consultations.
00:28Judges have now issued an order halting the project and banning the entry of people exposed to Ebola
00:34until the case is heard, giving the government 48 hours to respond.
00:38U.S. officials insist the center is purely to shorten evacuation routes for exposed Americans, denying any political motive.
00:46Washington says it plans to fund Kenya's Ebola preparedness with $13.5 million
00:51under a wider health deal already facing court challenges.
00:55Meanwhile, Kenyan doctors warn the government is risking citizens' lives for foreign aid,
01:00noting that while the region is on high alert, Kenya has yet to record a confirmed Ebola case.
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