Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing’oei has announced that the government has halted its intended deployment of 1000 police officers to Haiti for a peacekeeping mission.

The PS cited the suspension to the resignation of Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, on Monday.

“There has been a fundamental change in circumstances as a result of the complete breakdown of law and order and the subsequent resignation of the PM of Haiti,” Sing’oei is quoted by AFP.

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali, the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), announced Prime Minister Henry’s resignation.

Since February 2024, Henry has been absent from his country after journeying to Kenya to finalize a reciprocal agreement with President William Ruto.

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The escalation of violence left the Prime Minister and other senior officials he had traveled with to Kenya stranded in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.

Following establishing a transitional government in conflict-ridden Haiti, PS Sing’oei affirmed Kenya’s commitment to proceeding with the deployment of the 1,000 police officers.

“Without a political administration in Haiti, there is no anchor on which a police deployment can rest, hence government will await the installation of a new constitutional authority in Haiti, before taking further decisions on the matter,” he said.