Speaking during a televised interview on Wednesday night, May 27, 2026, Kituyi criticised what he described as misleading government communication regarding regional health preparedness and international cooperation.
According to the former presidential aspirant, the situation surrounding Ebola preparedness in East Africa is far more serious than official statements have suggested.
Kituyi described the emerging Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC as one of the most significant health threats currently facing the East African region.
“The biggest crisis in this region right now is the outbreak of a new strain of Ebola in Ituri in the eastern DRC,” Kituyi stated during the interview.
The veteran politician dismissed recent government press statements on Kenya’s health preparedness efforts, accusing state officials of concealing the true nature of agreements between Nairobi and Washington.
“Kenya government in the news you were reading is saying we are engaging with America talking about interaction activities – nonsense. That’s not the truth,” he claimed.
Kituyi alleged that the United States government had secured Kenya’s cooperation to use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) facilities in Nairobi to monitor Americans leaving Ebola-affected regions in the DRC.
“The truth has been announced by Washington – that the US has got the Kenyan government to open up CDC facilities in Nairobi for monitoring and observing Americans coming out of DRC – not Africans, not Kenyans, not anybody else,” he alleged.
The outspoken leader questioned why Kenya would agree to host individuals suspected of exposure to a highly infectious disease instead of encouraging quarantine arrangements within the DRC itself.
“Why are we offering Americans to fly people suspected to be in areas with Ebola to come to Kenya when they could make a quarantine area in DRC? What is the benefit to Kenya?” Kituyi posed.
He went on to criticise President William Ruto’s administration, accusing it of placing foreign interests ahead of national concerns and sovereignty.
According to Kituyi, Kenya’s foreign policy approach under the current administration appears overly eager to please Western powers, particularly the United States.
“Because ‘yes master, Uncle Sam’s children’, what America wants we will smile with in false teeth and pretend that this is alright with Kenyans,” he remarked sharply.
Kituyi further argued that Kenya possesses adequate institutional and professional expertise in both healthcare and diplomacy to make independent decisions without external pressure.
He maintained that if the government had fully consulted professionals within the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the country would not have agreed to participate in such an arrangement.
“If Ruto listened to professional advice – and there is institutional capacity in this country, both in medical services and Foreign Affairs – we would not be rushing to please America,” he said.
The claims are expected to trigger widespread political debate and public concern, particularly amid heightened regional anxiety over the spread of Ebola in parts of eastern DRC.
Health experts have repeatedly warned that East African countries must remain vigilant due to increased cross-border movement and trade between neighbouring states and the conflict-hit eastern Congo region.
Kituyi’s allegations are also likely to increase pressure on the Kenyan government to publicly clarify whether any formal agreement exists between Kenya and the United States regarding Ebola-related quarantine, monitoring or medical observation operations.
Neither the Ministry of Health nor the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had immediately issued an official response to the claims by the time of publication.
