With both US and Kenya keen to contribute to a security mission in Haiti, here are compelling motivations driving Nairobi's commitment to dispatching 1,000 police officers to aid the crisis-stricken country.
With both US and Kenya keen to contribute to a security mission in Haiti, here are compelling motivations driving Nairobi's commitment to dispatching 1,000 police officers to aid the crisis-stricken country.People react as they see bodies in the streets of Pétionville in capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 18, 2024. / Photo: AFP
However, with Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry signalling his intent to step down pending the establishment of a transitional council, Kenya has opted to delay its deployment. "In the spirit of stability, integration and prosperity, Kenya just wants to be counted as a nation which stood with Haiti when it was needy," journalist and political theorist Abuga Makori toldTaking into account various other missions Kenya has engaged in, Makori, based in Nairobi, highlighted that this isn't the inaugural endeavour of its type for Kenya, noting that the country"has consistently backed regional, continental, and global peacekeeping missions.
"Because of this interventionist precondition that Washington established, Kenya's President Ruto feels free to say that Kenya police will be deployed as soon as the now-6-member Presidential college is in place," he added. Makori said that strong ethnic ties between African countries and the Caribbean nation are one of the reasons why African nations rushed to aid Haiti.
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