The patient has since died, and 28 contacts have been identified so far, including family members and health workers, Duale told a press conference.
“I wish to assure the public not to panic, as all systems are in place to mitigate the spread of the disease,” he added.
A medic in a yellow protective suit being sprayed with disinfectant at a health facility, with medical supplies visible in the foreground
Kenya has never previously recorded an Ebola case, and Kenyans reacted furiously to government plans earlier this year for the creation of an Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base, about 125 miles from Nairobi.
DRC has been battling its largest-ever Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo species.
The outbreak was declared in mid-May but may have started months earlier and has so far resisted containment efforts, with the central African country recording more than 8,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths.
The outbreak spread to Uganda, which reported 20 cases and two deaths, but the World Health Organisation declared Uganda free of the disease in August.
Ebola spreads through direct contact with the body fluids of infected people, living or dead. It can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhoea and, in severe cases, internal and external bleeding.
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