Maraga accuses Ruto of hypocrisy over Ebola quarantines
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Capital FM
Former Kenyan chief justice David Maraga accuses President William Ruto of hypocrisy after the government’s change of position on Ebola quarantine centres. He recalls the June protests in Laikipia, where two young Kenyans died in police gunfire, according to Capital FM.
Former Chief Justice of Kenya David Maraga accused President William Ruto on Thursday 12 November 2026 of hypocrisy over the Ebola quarantine policy, after Health Minister Aden Duale announced that Kenya would not serve as a quarantine destination for other countries. Maraga criticised the government for previously defending plans for an isolation centre for foreign nationals exposed to the virus, according to Capital FM.
The project provided for a 50-bed facility in Laikipia for US citizens potentially exposed to the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola during outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda. Protests against the project in June left two people dead during the first clashes with police, followed by a third death during later protests, according to Capital FM.
Maraga said President Ruto had, in his view, sacrificed Kenya’s security, sovereignty and dignity to American interests. The quarantine centre project remains linked to the protests that led the Kenyan judiciary to suspend the anti-Ebola quarantine centre project, on 25 July.
