Kenyan police arrived in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, Tuesday as part of a U.N.-backed multinational security mission to combat gang violence.
"We hope to see further measurable improvements in security, particularly with respect to access to humanitarian aid and core economic activity," said State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in advance of the arrival of the Kenya n force.
"Do not play into the hands of traditional politicians and businessmen, who used violence for political and economic ends, and who now want to recover, by force, the weapons they had distributed. The problem that exists today can only be resolved through dialogue," he added. "This mission is one of the most urgent, important and historic in the history of global solidarity. It is a mission to affirm the universal values of the community of nations, a mission to take a stand for humanity," said Kenyan President William Ruto.
Others are less optimistic. Previous missions have not seen success, leaving allegations of dead civilians, a cholera outbreak, and a sexual abuse scandal."The ground for this application is that when the then-prime minister of Haiti was signing this agreement with Kenya, there was no known government in Haiti. The president had been assassinated; there were no elected leaders in Haiti.
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