Ruto to go on With Haiti Deployment Despite Court Orders

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024 –President William Ruto has rubbished recent court orders barring deployment of police to Haiti.

The head of State who was speaking this on Reuters media on Tuesday January 30, noted that the U.N approved security mission to Haiti is unstoppable and that his government will go on with the exercise.

This exercise, according to the international plans,  is aimed at tackling rampant gang violence in the Caribbean nation, which killed nearly 5,000 people last year and is due to be initially financed by the United States.

Nontheless, Kenyan court ruled that it would be unconstitutional to deploy officers abroad unless there was a “reciprocal arrangement” in place with the host government.

Ruto said Haiti had asked for help months ago, and he expected a request would come shortly that would satisfy the demands of the court.

“So that mission can go ahead as soon as next week if all the paperwork is done between Kenya and Haiti on the bilateral route that has been suggested by the court.

“Absolutely. Haiti have actually written formally, not today, several months ago,” President Ruto noted.

Haiti first sought help in 2022 as gang violence surged but was unable to find anyone willing to take charge, with many foreign governments wary of supporting the impoverished country’s unelected administration.

Kenya, which has a long history of taking part in international peace-keeping misions, stepped forward last July and committed 1,000 police officers, saying it was doing so in solidarity with a brother nation.

The Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, and Jamaica subsequently said they were willing to help, with the United States pledging $200 million to get the deployment off the ground.

“The mission is on course. The mission is a bigger calling to humanity,” Ruto said, stressing that it was a police rather than a military operation.

The United Nations UN said last week that it had documented 4,789 people killed by gang violence in Haiti last year, an increase of 119% from 2022, and that another 3,000 people having been kidnapped and tortured.