The G9 gang coalition leader Jimmy Cherizier (right) talks to reporters near the perimeter wall that encloses Terminal Varreux, the port owned by the Mevs family, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [AP Photo]
Kenya is preparing to go to Haiti because President William Ruto wants Kenyan police officers in the troubled little country to help keep the peace. The challenge is one of effective implementation so as to minimize likely human liabilities. Not being the first country to offer benevolent peace services to Haiti, Kenya has the advantage of learning from the misadventures of such powerful entities as the US, Brazil, and the UN. Instead of keeping the peace, they seemingly increased miseries for Haitians who then doubled their suspicion of the international do-gooders. Kenyan mission planners would want to find out why Brazil, the UN, and the US failed in their Haitian missions to deliver 'peace' despite the resources and facilities at their disposal. They had and still have more resources than Kenya has or can...