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Friday, October 6, 2023 –Deputy President Rigtahi Gachagua has explained the reason Kenyan police had been entrusted with the Haiti peacekeeping mission.
In a statement he made on Friday October 6, the DP said police from Kenya had been observed by the United Nations UN and established as the best as far as their track record and competency is concern.
He stated that the United Nations UN Security Council, after a detailed assessment on output, decided to engage the Kenyan police officers to stabilize many troubled parts of the world.
“If you look at the people of Haiti, you will definitely see your sister or brother in trouble. Our policemen have a very good track record across the world.
“The UN Security Council, after thoroughly checking on the output of our police officers, they recommended our officers to join forces with other officers across the world to bring order in Haiti. The UN has given our officers affirmation that they can be entrusted as the best in calming chaos and bringing order,” Gachagua stated in a statement seem by this desk.
President William Ruto entered into an agreement with the UN and the United States of America to send at least 1000 officers to the troubled Haiti to help calm the escalating insecurity situation.
On that note, therefore, U.S President Joe Biden openly thanked President Ruto for taking that opportunity to help restore orderliness in the war-torn Haiti.
Days later, President Biden went ahead to send US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III into the country to sign the deal that will see Kenya receive facial support for a period of five years; during which period the officers will be in operation in Haiti.
On meeting with President Ruto at the Statehouse Nairobi, Lloyd J. Austin III signed and agreed on funding Kenyan troops ahead of the deployment.
In the five-year plan, U.S agreed to fund the security exercise to the tune of $100 million an equivalent of sh 14.6 billion.
