Monday, January 29, 2024 - Following the ruling
delivered by the Kenyan High Court on Friday last week declaring deployment of
the National Police Service (NPS) officers to Haiti unconstitutional, the
Government of Haiti has issued a statement.
In the dispatch issued yesterday, the Caribbean country's
government expressed its hope that the issues in Kenya would be addressed
swiftly and that there would be a positive outcome.
The statement from Port-au-Prince (the Capital of Haiti)
indicated that the country was ‘following developments in Kenya’ and was
clinging to hope that Kenya would have a “swift and positive
outcome”
Further, the Haitian government, which is currently
grappling with gangs that have taken over large parts of the country, thanked
all the countries that had come forward to offer aid in different forms to
restore order and sanity to the nation.
“We would like to thank the many countries that have come
forward to offer various types of aid to restore order and security as soon as
possible,” the statement read in part.
The statement went further to urge the citizens of Haiti to
remain calm, support the nation’s security forces, and not allow themselves to
be intimidated by disinformation campaigns and threats of violence.
The Kenyan government had offered to deploy 1,000
police officers to lead a multinational force tasked with restoring law
and order in Haiti.
However, the High Court in Kenya declared the
deployment unlawful with Justice Chacha Mwita observing that the Constitution “did
not mandate the Council to deploy police officers outside Kenya,"
Citizens of Haiti have also expressed worry about their
safety after the Kenyan court halted the planned deployment.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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