On Monday, Haiti police met with a Kenyan delegation, one day after arriving in the country to assess leading a possible UN-backed multinational security force to help fight escalating gang warfare. The Kenyan officers are on a reconnaissance mission.
Nearly a dozen senior police officers left the Toussaint L’Ouverture international airport in the capital, Port-au-Prince, in armored cars heading to the U.S. embassy. Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Noor Gabow is leading the Kenyan mission.
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“We are here to assess the needs of Haiti’s national police, better understand the situation and do our best to help the Haitian people,” Kenyan ambassador and head of bilateral and political affairs, George Orina, said in a Haitian government statement.
The 10-person Kenyan delegation met senior police staff early on Monday, the statement said, and will stay until Wednesday, holding further meetings with national police and Haiti’s Prime Minister, Ariel Henry.
After the Kenyan assessment, the plan to send a security force to Haiti will pass to a vote at the UN Security Council. The United States has already voiced its support, though the date remains undecided.
