NAIROBI, Kenya
A Kenyan opposition leader on Wednesday said he planned to launch a new court challenge against a plan to send police officers to Haiti.
Last October, Kenya agreed to
lead a UN-authorised international police force to the troubled Caribbean
nation, to help combat unprecedented levels of gang violence.
The Kenyan high court in
January blocked the deployment, ruling it was unconstitutional in part due to a
lack of reciprocal agreements between the two countries.
But last Friday, Kenya’s
president William Ruto said he and Haitian prime minister, Ariel Henry, had
signed a deal intended to fast-track the departure of Kenyan police to Haiti.Thirdway Alliance Kenya’s
leader, Ekuru Aukot
While is it not clear of the
timeline of what the agreement says, Thirdway Alliance Kenya’s leader, Ekuru
Aukot - who is also a lawyer - has described the whole arrangement as “hush
hush”.
He believes the agreement is
invalid and fails to address objections made by the judge in January.
There have also been concerns
in Kenya about the wisdom of sending police officers to fight heavily-armed
gangsters when the country faces security challenges of its own.
Thousands of Haitians have
died and hundreds of thousands others have been displaced in the ongoing gang
violence.
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