Cabinet Secretary for Interior & National Administration Kithure Kindiki during a meeting with the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security. PHOTO/Kindiki(@kindikikithure)/XCabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kithure Kindiki has defended the government's plans to deploy police officers to combat criminal gangs in Haiti. "Kenya intends to accede to the United Nations Resolution 2699 (2023) on the deployment of Police officers to Haiti," Kindiki affirmed. According to Kindiki, Kenya's involvement in this mission follows an assessment mission conducted by a Kenyan delegation to Haiti. Kindiki revealed that Haiti had requested 2,500 police officers, but Kenya has committed to sending 1,000 officers as part of the peace support mission.

Source: Daily Nation October 12, 2023 15:54 UTC