Kenya to Deploy Additional Police Officers to Haiti, President States – Reuters

Kenya is set to send more police officers to Haiti to assist the local government in combating armed gangs as part of a multinational force comprising 2,500 personnel, President William Ruto announced on Thursday.

During a speech at the United Nations General Assembly, Ruto noted that Kenya has already deployed 382 specially trained officers, whom he visited in Haiti last week.

“I must emphasise that Kenya will deploy the additional contingent towards attaining the target of all the 2,500 police officers by January next year,” the president stated.

Initially, Kenya had committed to leading the multinational force with 1,000 police officers.