
Kenyan police officers on Wednesday strolled through the capital city of Port-au-Prince alongside their Haitian colleagues.
Citing security concerns, authorities have failed to reveal specifics about the officers’ assignments.
The main international airport was forced to close for nearly three months due to a spike in gang violence, but it reopened in May. The Associated Press said that the police officers were spotted on patrol in the vicinity of the airport.
Four hundred Kenyan boots have been deployed in the violence-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince since Tuesday, July 16.
There will be 1,000 Kenyan officers stationed in Haiti.
“To support the efforts of the Haitian National Police to re-establish security in Haiti and build security conditions conducive to holding free and fair elections” is the mission statement of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti (MSS).
The UN oversees the mission but does not direct it. A representative for it announced in late April that $18 million had been placed into the trust fund it set up.
The United States of America, Canada, and France are the main contributors.
These nations will not deploy troops, but they will finance and assist the effort. (Africanews)
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