Kenya Is Hit By Riots, His Police Group Plane Arrives In Haiti Handling Criminal Gangs

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JAKARTA - Kenyan police's first plane arrived in the capital Haiti launching a peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean nation hit by gang violence when protests by the Tax Law overwhelmed security forces in their country.

Kenyan uniformed police got off the Kenya Airways plane with a gun in hand at Port-au-Prince.

While in Nairobi police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm parliament, leaving five protesters dead, dozens injured.

As reported by Reuters on Tuesday, June 25, Kenyan police are expected to join personnel from Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, Chad, and Bangladesh, who are jointly scheduled to form a peacekeeping mission of 2,500 people funded mostly by the United States.

Last July, the African country voluntarily led international forces to stem the latest wave of violence that hit the former French colony, in which gangs that control most of the capitals have carried out widespread killings, kidnappings and sexual violence.

However, the deployment was repeatedly delayed due to court challenges and the deteriorating security situation in Haiti.

On Monday, June 24, Kenyan President William Ruto held a 400-off departure ceremony which will be the first batch to be deployed to Haiti.

This mission is one of the most pressing, important and historic missions in the history of global solidarity. It is a mission to assert the universal values of the nation- nation community, a mission to defend humanity," Ruto said.