The deployment of the first batch of police officers to Haiti will be delayed by three weeks due to logistical challenges in the gang-ridden Caribbean nation.
The deployment was supposed to begin this week, but President William Ruto said it would be postponed as part of recommendations by an An advance team , who were in Haiti to assess readiness for a multinational force deployment to combat violence
The Advance team that is expected to arrive in the country today reports that the base where the police will operate is about 70% complete, and the armory requires secure storage.
The deployment has gained new urgency with the announcement Friday that gang members killed three missionaries, a Haitian and an American couple, leading to renewed calls for the force to get up and running.
“The security situation in Haiti cannot wait,” said a spokesperon for the US National Security Council after word emerged of the killings.
The UN-backed security mission — in which the United States is providing logistical support, but not boots on the ground — is supposed to help Haiti’s weak, outgunned police force defeat the powerful criminal gangs.
But the deployment continue to hit misses with the law society of Kenya insisting it is unconstitutional
Echoing the the lawyers body, Azimio co-principal Eugene Wamalwa says the deployment lacks legal backing with no reciprocity