Following the ruling delivered by the Kenyan High Court on Friday last week declaring deployment of the National Police Service (NPS) officers to Haiti unconstitutional, the Government of Haiti has issued a statement. In the dispatch issued on Sunday, the Caribbean country's government expressed its hope that the issues in Kenya would be addressed swiftly and that there would be a positive outcome. The Kenyan government had offered to deploy 1,000 police officers to lead a multinational force tasked with restoring law and order in Haiti. Following the assassination of the country’s president Jovenel Moise in 2021, the Prime Minister has been the acting Head of State to date. Citizens of Haiti have expressed worry about their safety after the Kenyan court halted the planned deployment.

Source: Daily Nation January 29, 2024 08:21 UTC