- As the leading nation in the U.N.-backed security mission in Haiti, we are committed to deploying a specialized team to comprehensively assess the situation and formulate actionable strategies that will lead to long-term solutions-President Ruto.
In a post on X, BBC FocusAfrica Journalist Waihiga Mwaura is seen expressing what is termed as Foreign Affairs’ Minister’s Comments on the deployment of Kenya police to Haiti.
“Kenya's Foreign Minister, Dr. Alfred Mutua, says he is confident the deployment of hundreds of its police to Haiti by January will end gang warfare there. I spoke to him earlier today on #FocusOnAfrica and also BBC Monitoring's Pascal Fletcher in Miami.”
Kenya deploying its police to the war-ravaged country has been faced with more criticisms than support from the political class and the countrymen at large citing lack of a tangible bilateral ties between the Haiti Government and the Kenyan Government.
Kenyans led by MP Caleb Amisi in an earlier statement claimed that Kenya has scanty or no bilateral ties with the Haitians and therefore there is no need for such deployments.
“If at all there is any iota of wisdom left in this government, they should ask themselves why America is not sending US police to Haiti. Instead, they are sending our innocent men to Haiti, a country with a revolutionary history against American policies. Is it in the interest of Kenya to offer internal security for a nation we have absolutely scanty bilateral ties with?”
Among the causes of the conflicts in Haiti were the affranchis' frustrations with a racist society, turmoil created in the colony by the French Revolution, nationalistic rhetoric expressed during Vodou ceremonies, the continuing brutality of slave owners, and wars between European powers.
President Ruto during the UN Gathering of world leaders committed Kenya to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare, even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by Washington.
President William Ruto who spoke on Wednesday at a ceremony establishing diplomatic ties with the Caribbean nation, held on the side-lines of the annual United Nations gathering of world leaders.
Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, in attendance is said to have requested the deployment of such a force a year ago.
“As the leading nation in the U.N.-backed security mission in Haiti, we are committed to deploying a specialized team to comprehensively assess the situation and formulate actionable strategies that will lead to long-term solutions,” Ruto said.
