An advance team of Kenyan police officers in Haiti to assess the situation have returned home due to logistical issues.
The team will return from Haiti after suggesting a deployment delay, which was later confirmed by the president.
A top Kenyan official, who spoke anonymously to ABC News since they are not the official spokesman, disclosed that the bases are still being built. Critical resources, such as vehicles, are necessary before the first 200 Kenyan police officers can be sent.
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The deployment was supposed to start this week, but President William Ruto said it would be postponed by three weeks.
According to a senior official who was part of the advance team, the police facility is around 70% complete, and the armoury has to be securely stored.
Haiti is anxiously waiting for the first members of a Kenyan-led international team entrusted with breaking the stronghold of powerful and ultra-violent gangs, but their expected arrival this week has been postponed.
The deployment received additional urgency with the report Friday that gang members murdered three missionaries, a Haitian and an American couple, prompting increased requests for the force to be activated.
"The security situation in Haiti cannot wait," stated a spokesperson for the US National Security Council after learning of the fatalities.
The UN-backed security operation, in which the United States provides logistical support but no forces on the ground, is intended to assist Haiti's underequipped police force in defeating formidable criminal gangs.
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