Kenyan lawmakers say that parliamentary approval is required before the deployment of police to the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission in Haiti to combat gang violence that was approved by the U.N.
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Another lawmaker, Junet Mohamed, said the matter should be tabled in Parliament for approval “before any police officer leaves the country” for what he called a “dangerous mission,” citing Kenyan police officers’ inexperience in combating local crime.Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti to combat gangsThe Kenya-led peacekeeping mission to Haiti was approved in a U.N.
The chairperson of the national assembly defense committee, lawmaker Nelson Koech, told The Associated Press in a phone interview that the matter would likely be tabled to a joint committee that includes the national security committee before going to parliament for approval. The majority leader, Kimani Ichung’wah, said the country ought to “act as part of the community of nations” because Haiti is in need now and it may be Kenya in the future.
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