Kenya now has a total of 617 officers operating in the Caribean nation under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS).

Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has criticised President William Ruto’s administration for what he calls a State-backed resurgence of criminal gangs.

Kenya police deployed to Haiti handed over a police station to Guatemala personnel after it was liberated from criminal gangs.

Another over 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Saturday in Haiti for the United Nations-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country.

Kenya police deployed to Haiti have restored order in several towns in the troubled Caribbean nation. President William Ruto said the team has intensified patrols in major cities to contain crime in general.

More than 200 Kenyan police officers have been sent to Haiti to assist an understaffed security mission. President William Ruto has pledged to send 1,000 troops to Haiti in support of the United Nations.

US Senator Marco Rubio from Florida, praised various troops on a mission in Haiti, including Kenyan forces under the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), for their courage and commitment to their duties despite challenges such as being outgunned and outnumbered in the line of duty.

Jubilee Party secretary general Jeremiah Kioni has denied their being a political pact between former president Uhuru Kenyatta and his successor William Ruto.

Rubio’s remarks are the first high-level signal of Trump’s burgeoning policy toward one of the most pressing and intractable crises in the Western Hemisphere.

Kenyan President William Ruto said the plan is eventually to send 2,500 police officers to Haiti under the UN-backed mission.

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.”

US Secretary of State nominee Marco Rubio has hinted that US President-elect Donald Trump will continue backing the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti led by Kenyan police forces once he takes office this coming week.