The government has affirmed that the deployment of Kenyan police officers for a peace keeping mission in Haiti will not in any way compromise the national security.
Speaking in Meru County, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Prof. Kithure Kindiki speaking said Kenya had enough police officers and what called for improvement is the deployment and mixing of skills from the various specialized units.
“Even if there are some young officers, we will take them to Haiti so that they can gain international knowledge and skills, it doesn’t mean that they are not capable of securing our country as required by the law,” he said.
“I am very confident with the skills and capabilities of our police officers and this is also the same reason that the United Nations has requested Kenya to contribute to the number of officers who will join others from member countries to have a troop that will go for peacekeeping in Haiti.”
Further, Kindiki said this was not the first time the country was doing this, considering that previously troops have been sent to countries like Namibia, Eastmoor, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Croatia, and Cambodia, among other countries.
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He added that there are other officers working with their colleagues from other countries to keep peace in Congo and Somalia at the moment.
“We are doing all this because when other countries have problems, we will also experience the same in one way or the other, since we are all one shared humanity,” he said.
The CS said the national Security Council had already approved the request to have deployment of 1000 police officers to Haiti and the motion will be taken to parliament where it will be debated.
