Kenyan officers attended a pre-departure briefing for the first contingent of officers to deploy to Haiti. / Photo: Reuters
"Honoured to see off the first batch of the contingent of the National Police Service officers who are part of the historic United Nations Mission to Haiti," Kindiki said in a statement on Monday. President William Ruto bid a ceremonial goodbye to the officers on Monday and handed them a Kenyan national flag.
The United States has agreed to contribute $300 million to the force, but President Joe Biden argued that an American troop presence in Haiti would raise"all kinds of questions that can easily be misrepresented."The spike in violence began in late February and has displaced more than half a million people.
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