{"id":15756,"date":"2024-07-16T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T09:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15756"},"modified":"2024-07-16T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T09:45:05","slug":"second-group-of-kenyan-police-officers-deploys-to-haiti-for-un-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/?p=15756","title":{"rendered":"Second Group of Kenyan Police Officers Deploys to Haiti for UN Mission."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/haiti-kenyan-police.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/haiti-kenyan-police.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.getufm.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/haiti-kenyan-police-480x240.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A second contingent of Kenyan police officers departed for Haiti on Monday night as part of the United Nations-approved Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the officers are expected to arrive in Haiti on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A senior police officer, speaking to AFP, confirmed that the well-trained group of 200 officers will join their colleagues who are currently patrolling the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti&#8217;s capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We have 200 police officers who left last night, and they should land in Haiti this morning,&#8221; the senior officer involved in the mission told AFP. &#8220;They are joining their colleagues who are already on the ground.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources revealed that the team departed on a United Nations chartered flight and were seen off by Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police Service, Noor Gabow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This deployment comes less than a month after a similar cohort was sent to the Caribbean nation to help address the gang violence plaguing the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest deployment follows a request from Haiti&#8217;s Interim Prime Minister Garry Conille for more Kenyan officers to be sent to the troubled nation. Former Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome confirmed Conille&#8217;s plea during a security briefing at the UN Security Council meeting in early July. Koome also stated that Conille assured his government&#8217;s unwavering support for the Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A second contingent of Kenyan police officers departed for Haiti on Monday night as part of the United Nations-approved Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission. According to Agence France-Presse (AFP), the officers are expected to arrive in Haiti on Tuesday morning. 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