Why is a US Ebola facility in Kenya sparking protests?

Key points

• The plan has drawn backlash from Kenyans as well as the country’s union of healthcare workers.
• An Ebola quarantine station for US citizens, which is being constructed on a military base in central Kenya, has caused outrage in the East African nation amid a continuing outbreak of the deadly disease.
• Hundreds took to the streets of Nanyuki town on Monday and Tuesday and gathered in front of the planned centre, to which Americans who contract Ebola while overseas will be sent rather than being allowed back home.
• At least two people were killed, and one person was injured when the demonstration turned violent on Monday.
• US officials had earlier confirmed to reporters that the centre will be based in the town’s Laikipia Air Base and will cater to Americans exposed to the Ebola virus.