Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - United States troops are in Haiti building barracks and other facilities ahead of the deployment of Kenyan police officers to the troubled nation.
According to the Caribbean media
outlets, the US troops are among the contractors who are in the Caribbean nation to
facilitate the stay of about 1,000 troops from Kenya.
On Friday, an aircraft from the
US Southern Command landed in Haiti carrying civilian contractors.
These experts are consulting for
the Pentagon and mapping out an area where Kenyan police officers will stay
during the entirety of their peacekeeping mission.
Building the military base is
expected to take 45 days.
An official from the US revealed
that the troops from Kenya are expected in Haiti from May 24 at a
time when President William Ruto will be in the US.
The official who spoke to
the Miami Herald revealed that Ruto and his wife Rachel will
be hosted by President Joe Biden and his spouse Jill while marking the 60th
anniversary of US-Kenya diplomatic relations.
"The initial deployment
will happen sometime around his state visit," the official stated without
revealing the exact dates of the deployment.
The official emphasized that the
US did not want to send the Kenyan troops to an area where they would not be
adequately housed.
This development comes after the
transitional council selected the new Prime Minister, Fritz Bélizaire, who
takes over Ariel Henry who resigned in March.
Bélizaire has sought outside law
enforcement officers to combat the gangs and restore peace in the troubled
Caribbean nation.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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