Kenyan police to deploy to Haiti within weeks, says Ruto
Police outside the hospital where Haiti's new Prime Minister Garry Conille was hospitalised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 9 June 2024, following "a slight illness" Those police are supposed to fight rampant gang violence in Haiti.Kenyan police will deploy to quell gang violence in Haiti probably within weeks, the east African country's President William Ruto said on Sunday, despite court challenges that delayed the mission.
"The people of Haiti are maybe waiting, by the grace of God, that probably by next week or the other week, we shall send our police officers to restore peace," Ruto said in an address during a visit to central Kenya on Sunday. The government secured that agreement on 1 March and Ruto told the BBC last month that he expected a Kenyan force to go to Haiti within weeks.
Global monitor Human Rights Watch has raised rights concerns about the mission and doubts over its funding.
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