The Kenyan parliament approved the deployment of a thousand police officers to Haiti. The decision to put on Kenyan police in Haiti was put on hold because of a direction from the Kenyan Court
The Kenyan parliament approved the deployment of a thousand police officers to Haiti. The decision to put Kenyan police in Haiti was put on hold because of a direction from the Kenyan Court. The police deployment in Kenya is because of chaos and gang violence. The Kenyan police are going to Haiti as a part of a UN-backed mission. The move by Kenya has erupted in widespread criticism.
The opposition legislators rejected government plans for Kenya to lead a multinational policing team in Haiti, on the ground that it violated the country’s constitution. Supporters of the motion said Kenya had a moral obligation and duty to aid Haiti, the Caribbean state, which is plagued by gang violence, particularly in the capital city. Several serious crimes are reported from there very frequently.
The planned deployment was blocked by the High Court in Nairobi in October. On Thursday (Nov. 16), the court was due to rule on a case by former presidential candidate Ekuru Aukot who said the mission, backed by the United Nations, “was a mistake and a suicide mission. Human rights NGOs pointed out that the Kenyan police are accustomed to using force, sometimes lethal, against civilians, which constitutes a major risk in a country where previous foreign interventions have been marked by human rights violations.
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Interior minister Kithure Kindiki last week told parliament that Kenya would only deploy the officers to Haiti if funding and equipment were paid for by U.N. member states. Burundi, Chad, Senegal, Jamaica, and Belize have all pledged troops for the multinational mission. In September, the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden promised to provide logistics and US$100 million to support the Kenyan-led force.
