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National Police Service parade during a past event. [File, Standard]

Barring any further unforeseen roadblocks, Kenyan police officers are set to arrive in Port-au-Prince this week as part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission to Haiti. The final thumbs-up for Kenya's deployment comes after months of legal battles.

Parliament and Cabinet had approved the mission to deploy 1,000 officers to the gang-ravaged Caribbean country in November 2023, but the envisaged deployment stuttered following a court ruling that opposed it on judicial grounds and the resignation in April of Haiti's acting prime minister, Ariel Henry, which put the deployment on hold.

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