NAIROBI, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) — Kenya stated Thursday that 144 further law enforcement officials to the Multinational Safety Help Mission have arrived in Haiti to combat gang violence.
Cupboard Secretary within the Ministry of Inside and Nationwide Administration Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen stated the law enforcement officials, comprising 120 males and 24 ladies, will bolster the 600 officers deployed earlier who’ve already made commendable progress in decreasing gang violence within the Caribbean nation.
Murkomen stated different nations, notably Guatemala and El Salvador, have in current weeks deployed further officers.
“Along with Jamaican and Belizean troops, and supported by Haitian police, we’re making concerted efforts to determine order,” he stated in a press release issued in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya on Thursday night.
The forces are in Haiti to spice up the United Nations-backed safety mission which, regardless of some progress, has but to successfully curb escalating violence.
Murkomen stated Kenya’s management on this mission, funded via the UN Belief Fund for Haiti underneath UN Safety Council Decision 2699, displays the nation’s long-standing dedication to peacekeeping and peace help operations.
Haiti has struggled with gang violence and political instability for years. The newly deployed law enforcement officials are anticipated to hitch particular models inside the Haitian Nationwide Police to strengthen efforts in opposition to gang violence.
