Kenyan President William Ruto
The President of Kenya William Ruto has reaffirmed that his country will still lead a United Nations-backed multi-national police force to help quell gang violence in Haiti once a transitional presidential council is formed in the Caribbean country.
In a post on social media, Mr. Ruto said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had briefed him on the latest developments in Haiti and that he assured Secretary Blinken of Kenya's commitment to deploy a police force to the French speaking nation.
On Tuesday, Kenya's Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary said Kenya had put on hold the deployment of 1,000 of its policemen until a clear administration is in place in Haiti.
The announcement came after Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would resign once a presidential council is created.
Last October, Kenya had agreed to lead a UN-authorised international police force to Haiti, but the country's top court in January ruled it unconstitutional, in part because of a lack of reciprocal agreements on such deployments between the two countries.
Mr. Ruto said he and Mr. Henry had witnessed the signing of the reciprocal agreements between Kenya and Haiti on March 1, clearing the path for the deployment.
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