NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) — Kenya’s high court found the country’s health minister in contempt on Monday over the continued construction of an Ebola facility for United States (US) patients, despite an earlier court order halting the project.

Kenyans have strongly opposed the plan and there have been deadly protests since the facility was announced in May for potential US citizens evacuated from the Democratic Republic of Congo, which is grappling with a major Ebola outbreak.

It has been constructed at Laikipia Air Base, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the capital, Nairobi, with some 50 isolation beds, and is expected to be managed by US medical staff.