Dennis Miskellah

“How could you have been sick for almost a month plus in DR Congo, come all the way to the country through not just any small border point, but the main entry point, the main gateway into the country and pass unnoticed?”

Dennis Miskellah · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-07

Dr Dennis Miskellah told the BBC's Newsday programme about lapses he had witnessed at border points and Kenya's main airport.

“That's the question that most Kenyans are asking.”

Dennis Miskellah · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-07

Dr Dennis Miskellah raised concerns about how the Ebola patient passed through Kenya's main entry point unnoticed.

“honesty and full co-operation of the travellers to self-declare, to say the truth”

Dennis Miskellah · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-07

Dr Miskellah expressed concern that governments relied on travellers' honesty to self-declare symptoms, which was undermined by a lack of health education to destigmatise the virus.