Belgut Member of Parliament Nelson Koech confirms that Kenya plans to send trained special forces to Haiti, disputing earlier claims that they were sending regular police.
Kenya will lead a team that will be tasked with restoring peace in wartorn Haiti. A UN report noted that the crime rates in the country were through the roof.
"I know Kenyans have made a joke out of this, and many people believe the police officers who are going there are traffic cops." Kenya has its own special forces. There is simply no reason why our country should not be present in the global arena, at least for positive reasons. "I wholeheartedly support it," he stated.
"Our officers have encountered gangs before they are properly trained for that." he added.
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Dagoreti North MP Beatrice Elachi expressed skepticism about the mission's success, claiming that the gangs in the foreign country have been a source of consternation for Haitian authorities for decades and have been difficult to silence.
"Haiti is a country run by gangs; we should ask ourselves whether we have trained our officers to understand how to manage gangs?" "They are terrorists who will do anything to survive," she explained.
she added, "We'll lose police officers." These gangs will terrorize them because they are willing to die in Haiti, and our officers are coming from a democratic country to take them to a place where there is no democracy."
Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua confirmed the deployment, saying that the officers will help educate and support Haitian police to restore normalcy in the country and secure vital assets.
In a report released, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that Gang-related violence has continued to increase in intensity and brutality, with gangs expanding their control within and beyond Port-au-Prince.
