Eugene Wamalwa asks Donald Trump to revisit Kenyan-led police mission in Haiti: “Cancel it”

• DAP-K leader Eugene Wamalwa urged newly elected President Donald Trump to reconsider Kenyan involvement in Haiti peacekeeping mission
• Wamalwa expressed concern over the deployment of Kenyan officers in Haiti as domestic security problems, including kidnappings and femicide, escalate
• He called for the cancellation of the joint US-Kenyan mission and suggested the UN take the lead in addressing instability in Haiti.
• Wamalwa noted the need to prioritize Kenya’s internal security and protect women and children at home

Didacus Malowa, journalist at TUKO.co.ke, has more than three years of experience in reporting politics and current affairs in Kenya.

TransNzoia – Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa has urged newly elected President Donald Trump to reconsider Kenyan involvement in the peacekeeping mission in Haiti.

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Speaking at a DAP-K Women’s Caucus meeting on Friday, November 8, Wamalwa expressed concern over Kenyan police officers being deployed far from home to tackle unrest in the Caribbean country as Kenya’s internal security challenges continue to rise.

Wamalwa called for the cancellation of the mission, a joint effort between the U.S. and Kenyan forces, and instead suggested that the U.N. take the lead in addressing instability in Haiti.

His comments were in response to growing tensions and increasing insecurity at home, including cases of kidnappings, femicide, enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings.

“While we take our officers more than 6,000 miles to Haiti to protect Haitians, we have left our women and children unprotected. So we would like to ask the new president and the new administration in the US to reconsider the Haiti issue; That mission and to actually ensure that the US and Kenyan led mission is canceled and a UN led mission is set up,” Wamalwa stated, stressing that Kenya must prioritize its internal security issues .

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Wamalwa’s statements come as President William Ruto has hinted that the deployment of Multinational Security Support (MSSM) in Haiti will become a full-time peacekeeping mission.

The president announced that he had discussed the matter with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Blinken praised Ruto’s government for its commitment to directing efforts to retake Haiti from the gangs that had long held the country hostage.

That of the State Secretary comments During his conversation with Ruto, he sought to allay concerns raised over a possible policy change that could negatively impact the mission due to the US presidential election.

Ruto reaffirmed the commitment of his government maintaining current relations and working together to improve appropriate governance for the benefit of the citizens of both countries.

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Ruto, who was recently in Port-au-Prince, noted this MSS contingents had successfully captured key infrastructure and services of the gangs, and freed countless previously imprisoned nationalities.

The foregoing statement would serve as a basis for him to seek funds to facilitate the deployment of more officers to Haiti.

He declared it a powerful, multi-faceted effort security professionals will cleanse Port-au-Prince of gangs and enable free, fair and democratic elections in the future.

The president noticed that financing and equipment shortages were the biggest barriers to the salvation of Haiti, and he called for additional assistance from partners.

Source: TUKO.co.ke