A senior Kenyan foreign ministry official says Nairobi is putting on hold, the police mission to Haiti after the capital Port-au-Prince, and other major states were almost taken over by criminal gangs.
GLOBAL TRACKER reports how Nairobi at the United Nations Security Council singled-handily said it would deploy its riot police to Haiti to help Port-au-Prince maintain law and order in a country described as “Lawless”.
But Nairobi’s mission was forced to be on hold as Haiti’s prime minister Ariel Henry announced that he was resigning his post amid increased tension and less support from the global community.
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“Kenya has decided to put on hold plans to send police to violence-wracked Haiti under a UN-backed multinational mission,” a top official said Tuesday.
The move came after Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to step aside as armed gangs have taken over much of the Caribbean nation.
“There has been a fundamental change in circumstances as a result of the complete breakdown of law and order and the subsequent resignation of the PM of Haiti,” Korir Sing’oei, principal secretary for foreign affairs, told AFP.
“Without a political administration in Haiti, there is no anchor on which a police deployment can rest, hence government will await the installation of a new constitutional authority in Haiti, before taking further decisions on the matter.”