A mother in Kenya has discovered the body of her missing son, 23 year old Daniel Mwangi, just 48 hours after violent protests erupted against an Ebola quarantine zone in the remote county of Marsabit. Sources confirm the body showed signs of blunt force trauma, raising fears that protesters or security forces may have been responsible. The quarantine was imposed by the Kenyan Ministry of Health last week following a reported Ebola case near the Ethiopian border.
UK aid workers, operating in the region under a Department for International Development program, have been warned to evacuate immediately. ‘The situation is deteriorating into chaos. We fear for the safety of our teams,’ an internal memo obtained by this correspondent reads.
The protests, which left two dead and several injured, were sparked by allegations of government mismanagement and heavy handed tactics. Local officials deny any wrongdoing, but the discovery of Mwangi’s body has inflamed tensions. His mother, Grace Mwangi, told reporters: ‘They took my son.
They killed him. I want justice.’ The British High Commission in Nairobi has declined to comment on the safety of UK nationals.
Uncovered documents from the county health department reveal that the quarantine zone was inadequately staffed and that food supplies were running low before the unrest. The UK Foreign Office is reportedly ‘monitoring the situation closely.’ For now, the search for answers continues, but the trail of bodies and broken trust grows longer.
