400 Kenyan elite police are waiting for US logistics to land in Haiti
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The first group of elite police composed of 400 Kenyan soldiers is ready to leave for Haiti amid rising gang violence
The first group of elite police composed of 400 Kenyan soldiers is ready to leave for Haiti amid rising gang violence.
A first group of elite police composed of 400 Kenyan soldiers is ready to leave for Haiti, however, its deployment depends on American logistics and the resources expected by the Kenyan authorities.
“The deployment and success of the Mission depends on the necessary resources, including financing, equipment and logistics,” explained Martin Kimani, Kenya’s Ambassador to the United Nations, after a closed-door meeting held Wednesday by the UN Security Council during which the Haitian crisis was discussed.
Kimani thanked the countries that engaged in the mission, while encouraging their timely intervention, “, especially given the current emergency”.
The Ambassador urged the UN Secretariat to ensure that the Trust Fund is flexible and tailored to the needs of the Mission emphasizing “which will operate in a complex and challenging operational environment.”
The diplomat told the Security Council that the situation in Haiti “has deteriorated alarmingly, moving from a state of emergency to the brink of catastrophic collapse […] Our worst fears are being realized. But this only makes us more determined to help Haiti and its people.”
He recalled that the objective of the Multinational Security Support Mission is to help the Haitian National Police restore security in Haiti, so as to allow a safe and conducive environment for the holding of free and fair elections.
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This comes even as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Haiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, to announce his resignation and a political transition in a series of phone calls that took place Thursday and were described as “tense” by senior State Department officials.
Henry’s political future has been in question all week, as a long-simmering crisis between Haiti’s beleaguered government and powerful gang leaders burst into a full-blown conflict that risks toppling what remains of government control.
Henry had been in Kenya, signing a critical political accord with Nairobi that would secure the deployment of reinforcements for the Haiti National Police as part of a multinational force, when a united front of gangs launched coordinated attacks on key institutions throughout the capital of Port-au-Prince.
He has been unable to return home since and is currently in Puerto Rico.
The prime minister has been pushing a counter-proposal to U.S. and Caribbean officials.
But Blinken and his team have remained firm that the plan must include Henry’s departure.
It is unclear whether Henry will accept the U.S. proposal.
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