But it is over, now. Kenya will not build a holding pen for US people in DRC or Uganda, suspected of having / carrying Ebola. Here's the Beeb on it, tonight:
. . .Kenya's Health Minister Aden Duale has halted the construction of a controversial US-funded Ebola quarantine facility in the country a day after he was found in contempt of court for ignoring a judge's ruling.
Appearing in court on Tuesday, Duale apologised and said he had "directed the immediate and complete cessation" of building work at a military base in the town of Nanyuki. . . .
Lawyers for those who took Duale to court had asked the judge to impose a 15-month custodial sentence on the minister. [But] High Court Judge Patricia Nyaundi accepted Duale's apology saying the minister was "discharged with a stern warning".
Talking about what should happen next, Duale said that both the Kenyan and US governments had agreed to suspend the proposed collaboration concerning the Ebola facility following the court order. . . .
[O]n Monday the judge said the government could not "avoid compliance by recasting or re-characterising the ongoing construction", adding that a court order "is not an invitation to ingenuity -- it is a command to be obeyed. . . ."
This attempt also plainly violated internal Kenyan laws -- thus the able judge had put the brakes on it. Onward, to another hours long isolation tank / float, tomorrow afternoon. Woot!
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