Rachel Ruto establishes a committee to pray for police heading to Haiti
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First Lady Rachel Ruto announces plans to establish a prayer committee for Kenyan police officers set for deployment to troubled Haiti
First Lady Rachel Ruto announces plans to establish a prayer committee for Kenyan police officers set for deployment to troubled Haiti.
Speaking on Friday at the 1005 Songs & More Gospel music group’s “Fourth Man” EP listening party at the Weston Hotel in Nairobi, Rachel stated that she had conversations with church members concerning Kenya’s upcoming military deployment to the Caribbean country.
The First Lady claims that in order to guarantee the security and welfare of both the Haitian people and the Kenyan officers, spiritual intervention is crucial.
“I have been held up in a meeting with some clergy friends of mine for two days discussing the issues of Haiti because we felt as the national alter that we cannot allow our police to go to Haiti without prayer So they have been strategizing on a spiritual solution for our police and people of Haiti,” she said.
“We had pastors from Haiti and America and we are seeing how these three countries can come together to pray because we believe that with prayer everything is possible.”
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This comes after former U.S. Special Envoy for Haiti Dan Foote voiced skepticism over Kenya’s plan to send 1,000 police officers to Haiti, highlighting that the number of troops falls short of what is required to liberate the Caribbean nation from marauding gangs.
In an interview with CNN, Foote pointed out that every time there has been a military intervention in Haiti, at least 20,000 troops have been deployed to Port-au-Prince, adding that none of these missions achieved success.
The former envoy additionally suggested that Kenya’s motivation to lead the security mission is largely spurred by financial incentives from the UN Security Council and not genuine peacekeeping efforts.
“I believe that this is more of a cash grab by President Ruto whose country will receive a lot of money for doing this,” he said.
The US government initially pledged $100 million (Ksh.13 billion) to support the Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to Haiti, further urging other nations to make similar contributions.
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