The Kenyan citizen, recently returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo, had been ill for weeks before travelling

Kenya confirmed its first ever case of Ebola on Tuesday after a Kenyan citizen who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in Nairobi.

Kenya is the third country to record a case linked to the Ebola epidemic in eastern Congo , the second largest on record. Uganda reported 20 cases and two deaths earlier in the year but was declared Ebola-free in August.

The patient had been ill for about a month before travelling ‌by road ‌from Congo to ⁠Uganda’s capital, Kampala, and then flying to Nairobi on Saturday, health minister Aden Duale told a news conference.

After arriving at Nairobi’s international airport, he passed through health screening and was later taken by a relative to Nairobi ⁠Hospital.…