- The Kenya Kwanza government now says Kenyans troops will not be deployed for the Haiti mission unless all conditions are met
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kindiki Kithure on Thursday said that all conditions such as finances should be made available before the mission
- Kindiki revealed that the first batch of the 1,000 Kenyan police officers will be deployed to Haiti early next year
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Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kindiki Kithure affirms that Kenya Troops won’t be deployed to Haiti unless all the conditions are met
The Kenya Kwanza government confirms that the Kenyan troops will not be deployed for Haiti mission unless all the conditions are met.
Interior Cabinet Secretary was speaking before the Departmental Committee on Administration and International Security when he insisted that all conditions must be met in order for Kenyan soldiers to be deployed to Haiti.
“Kenya will not allow its troops to exit the Country for Haiti until all the required resources, including equipment and finances, are gathered and availed,” he said.
Kindiki affirmed that no tax payers money will be used to fund the deployment the 1000 soldiers to Haiti.
Instead, the United Nations member states will bear the cost of deployment through voluntary contributions.
The CS added that the deployment National Police Service Officers to Haiti will neither compromise or undermine the capacity and cabality of the service to fulfill mandate to secure the citizens of Kenya.
A total of Sh 91 billion (USD 600 million) is required for the peacekeeping mission in Haiti with Kenya seeking USD 241.3 Million (Sh36.4 billion) for its participation as the lead country in the mission from the United Nations.
According to documents tabled in Parliament by the CS and Inspector General of Police Japheth Koome, USD 156.98 million will go towards administrative support, transport (USD127.6 million), weapons, ammunition, and anti-riot equipment (USD 9.1 million).
General equipment will take up USD 3.28 million, technical equipment (USD 1.9 million) and training (USD 1.49 million).
“The overall budget for the mission is pegged at USD 600 million which will go towards preparing the forces, sustaining the transport costs, communication allowances, general allowances, and covering the force’s return home,” said the CS.
Revealing details of the mission, Kindiki noted that Kenya shall provide the overall mission command and leadership of the Multi-National Security Support in Haiti.
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