NAIROBI (WS News) – Kenya will deploy additional police officers to Haiti to help the government there fight armed gangs as part of a 2,500-strong multinational force, President William Ruto said on Thursday.
Ruto said in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly that Kenya had already deployed 382 specially trained officers, whom he visited in Haiti last week.
“I must emphasise, … that Kenya will deploy the additional contingent towards attaining the target of all the 2,500 police officers by January next year,” the Kenyan president said in his speech.
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Kenya earlier pledged to lead the multinational force with 1,000 police officers.
