Kenya Police Mission In Haiti Makes Positive Step After Successful Gang Activities Combat
The government announced on Saturday that Kenyan police officers in Haiti had made progress in combating gang violence.
In a statement, the National Police Service (NPS) revealed that officers were able to reclaim several critical infrastructures from gang control.
According to the police, the Kenyan contingent of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission was successful in recapturing the Auorite Portuaire Nationale (APN) port from the gangs.
STATUS UPDATE ON THE HAITI MISSION
— National Police Service-Kenya (@NPSOfficial_KE) July 27, 2024
The Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission team comprising the National Police Service Officers and the Haiti National Police (HNP) has continued to register success as they combat gang activities and restore security in Haiti. pic.twitter.com/7S5dlpKf0z
“The MSS team comprising the National Police Service Officers and the Haiti Police has continued to register success as they combat gang activities and restore security in Haiti,” read part of the statement by NPS.
The officers also made significant progress in clearing roadblocks that had been erected along the roads leading to Ganthier, a gang-ridden town.
The milestone comes a week after Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US ambassador to the United Nations, visited the peacekeepers and spoke with them.
Similarly, on July 26, the Head of the Haiti Presidential Transition Council, Edgard Leblanc Fils, paid a visit to MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge and then addressed the peacekeepers.
“National Police Service officers in Haiti reiterate its commitment to continue working closely with Haitian police and the people of Haiti, in discharging their mandate to help in the restoration of law and order in Haiti,” read part of the statement by the national police service.
The NPS statement comes just a day after Haiti gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, alias Barbecue, signed a peace treaty with fellow gang leaders to end gang violence in the Caribbean nation.
According to Le Nouvelliste, a news outlet in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, following the signing of the agreement between the gang leaders, a section of Haitian citizens took to the streets to celebrate the peace agreement.
During the closed-door meeting, the gang leaders urged Haiti Prime Minister Garry Conille to consider convening a peace meeting with them in an effort to put an end to the country’s anarchy.
Kenya Police Mission In Haiti Makes Positive Step After Successful Gang Activities Combat
