At least one person was shot dead and several others injured on Tuesday as violent protests erupted in Nanyuki, Laikipia County, over the construction of a controversial US-funded Ebola quarantine centre.
The unrest saw hundreds of demonstrators clash with police near the Laikipia Air Base, where the facility—designed to quarantine American nationals arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)—is nearing completion. Protesters lit fires, hurled stones, and chanted anti-government slogans, while police responded with tear gas, water cannons, and live ammunition.
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