Kenya Will Send 600 Police To Defam Haitian Armed Gangs That Make Chaos

Kenyan President William Ruto (right)/PHOTO via X @WilliamsRuto

Kenya will send 600 more police to Haiti next month to support international anti-geng missions.

This was conveyed by Kenyan President William Ruto during a visit by the prime minister of Haiti which was intended to accelerate the deployment of the troops.

There are 10 countries pledging to send a total of about 2,900 troops to participate in Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS).

However, only about 430 people have been deployed since the official UN mission began in June, nearly 400 of whom came from Kenya.

The armed gangs that control most of the capital Port-au-Prince continue to create chaos.

Last week, Gran Grif gang members carried out one of the country's deadliest attacks in recent years, killing at least 115 people in the agricultural area, according to the local mayor.

Ruto told reporters its mission was to increase security in Haiti, and called the fight against gangs a 'battle that we can win'.

He said an additional 600 Kenyan-assigned officers were undergoing training and would be ready to serve next month.

Standing next to Ruto, Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille praised the police's response to last week's massacre.

Police and contingents (Kenya) can be deployed by road within hours to ensure that the city is protected immediately, Conille said.

More than 700,000 people in Haiti fled their homes and more than five million people were starving nearly half of the population, according to the United Nations.