Since William Ruto came to power in Kenya, it has been one thing after the other, or rather one shady deal after the other. From deploying Kenyan troops to Haiti, deploying Kenyan nurses to Germany or who knows where, welcoming the Africa Forward summit with French President Emmanuel Macron who could not help showing open disdain for Africans on national television (he promised $27 billion investment in Africa… maybe that’s why he forgot manners?); Ruto appears to have tried to sneak in another controversial deal! It’s as if the man is in a hurry to cut deals! He has now signed a $13.5 million deal with the United States to open an Ebola quarantine center for US citizens in Kenya. This US-built facility was set to open at the Laikipia Air Base last week, but the High court of Kenya halted the launch. The facility was intended to host Americans from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who had contracted Ebola. This facility, located 200 km from the capital Nairobi, was built by the American army on Kenyan soil, to house American doctors, to treat American patients with state of the art medicine. Why not treat them in America where such advanced medical care already exists? The US president says he cannot risk infecting his population, but what about the risk posed to Kenyans?

Protests erupted on Monday near the facility when people stood against this project, and the Ruto’s government responded with teargas and violence! The population is angry, and rightfully so! Is Kenyan/African life worth nothing? Why have an Ebola quarantine center in Kenya? Why not Rwanda which is a neighbor to the DRC? Oh wait… Rwanda cannot have cases with its M23 forces looting Eastern DRC…

President Ruto defended his plan on X, posting on today, that the proposed US facility was “neither unique nor exceptional but part of a broader national preparedness system“, adding that it “will be there to serve the people of Kenya and to serve our friends, including the Americans“. On Monday, he said: “I can assure the people of Kenya that the agreement between the government of Kenya and the American government is for the good of our country and for the partnership.”

The man is ready for deals, deals, deals… it does not matter what the people want so long as he gets his deals. The US is mad and vowed to have this treaty respected, i.e. open the quarantine facility in Kenya at all costs. Let’s pray no sudden cases are now discovered in the country.

Check out the summary of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s call to President Ruto about the Ebola quarantine facility. ” The Secretary and President Ruto discussed coordinated efforts to secure vital medical supplies for Kenya and ensure the strength and preparedness of Kenya’s health system. The United States Government intends to commit $13.5 million toward Kenya’s Ebola preparedness efforts and has already committed to providing $112 million in bilateral assistance to the regional response.”

Recall that in December 2025, The Trump administration signed the first in what were expected to be dozens of “America First” global health funding agreements to prioritize combating infectious diseases in countries deemed to be aligned with the president’s broader foreign policy goals and positions. The five-year, $2.5 billion agreement with Kenya was signed by Kenyan President William Ruto and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to replace a patchwork of previous health agreements that had traditionally been run by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for decades…

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