The Associated Press (AP) reported Sunday that “A Kenyan force will leave for Haiti on Tuesday June 25 to lead a UN-backed mission to combat gang violence in the Caribbean state, despite legal challenges to the deployment, government and police sources said on Sunday«.
Kenya has proposed sending about 1,000 police officers to stabilize Haiti alongside personnel from other countries, but the deployment has faced legal challenges in the East African nation.
President William Ruto has been a strong supporter of the mission and said this month that the deployment would begin in the coming weeks.
« Departure is scheduled for this Tuesday “, told the AP, ” an official from the Ministry of the Interior on condition of anonymity«.
« Preparations are in place for the team to leave for Haiti on Tuesday. We already have two advanced teams that have left – one last week and another yesterday “said a senior police official.
A UN Security Council resolution in October last year approved the mission, but a Kenyan court delayed the deployment until January.
He said the Kenyan government did not have the authority to send police officers abroad without prior agreement.
The government secured the deal on March 1, but a small opposition party in Kenya filed a new lawsuit to try to block it.
source : Kenya force to leave for Haiti on June 25: gov’t, police – Jamaica Observer
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