Laurent Saint-Cyr showed up at the airport to meet 230 Kenyan cops who just flew in to help deal with the gang situation, and Kenya sent Deputy National Security Advisor Joseph Boinett, plus some other officials, to drop them off. The crew from Kenya is replacing 100 officers heading home after finishing their rotation, and they landed right as Haiti tries to build up this UN-backed force that's supposed to hit 5,500 people total.
Commander Godfrey Otunge said his team learned some stuff from earlier deployments and adjusted how they operate, while Boinett passed along word from Kenyan President William Ruto promising continued backup. The whole mission has been struggling to get enough cash and gear, even though personnel from Guatemala, El Salvador, The Bahamas, and Jamaica are already there helping out.
Armed groups control most of Port-au-Prince after forcing out the old prime minister, and the security force only has around 1,000 members when it was supposed to have way more by this point. Elections got scheduled for next summer after the country went almost a decade without voting.
Commander Godfrey Otunge said his team learned some stuff from earlier deployments and adjusted how they operate, while Boinett passed along word from Kenyan President William Ruto promising continued backup. The whole mission has been struggling to get enough cash and gear, even though personnel from Guatemala, El Salvador, The Bahamas, and Jamaica are already there helping out.
Armed groups control most of Port-au-Prince after forcing out the old prime minister, and the security force only has around 1,000 members when it was supposed to have way more by this point. Elections got scheduled for next summer after the country went almost a decade without voting.
