Haiti and Kenya have signed the agreements required by Kenyan courts to allow trained personnel from Kenya to head up the peace-keeping mission in the troubled nation of Haiti. The one thousand policemen from Kenya will head up the UN mission approved by the Organization of American States, and urged by the Ariel Henry acting government in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before the UN General Assembly and the UN Security Council.
Kenyan President William Ruto announced and Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry signed as witnesses the required document during a ceremony in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya.
The government heads also discussed the next steps in the arrival of the security force in Haiti.
As has been widely covered in local and international press releases, Haiti is currently under siege by several well-armed gangs who are living off of the proceeds from extortion, kidnappings, and drug trafficking. In reality, these gangs control Haiti rather than the official government.
The agreement follows support to the mission in Haiti also unfolded by governments of Caricom, the English-speaking Caribbean community of which Haiti is also a member. The deployment in Haiti is being slowly financed by the United States, Canada, France and recently oil-rich Guyana.
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US Department of State
4 March 2024