Kenya high court rules against plan to deploy hundreds of police to Haiti

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Kenya High Court declares deployment of police officers to Haiti unconstitutional

The Kenyan High Court in Nairobi ruled on Friday that the state’s decision to deploy police officers to Haiti was unconstitutional. According to the court, Kenya can only send police officers to Haiti if Kenya and Haiti have a reciprocal agreement under sections 107 and 108 of the National Police Service Act. The decision comes amid warnings from UN experts about surging gang violence in Haiti. Justice Enock Chacha Mwita commented:  It is no dou…

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El Gobierno keniano apelará la suspensión judicial de su despliegue policial en Haití

19/05/2023 May 19, 2023: A Haitian police officer sits in the passenger seat of a police vehicle while on patrol in the streets of Tabarre in metropolitan Port-au-Prince, Haiti on June 23, 2022. POLITICA Europa Press/Contacto/Jose A. Iglesias (Europa Press/Contacto/Jose A. Ig/)El Gobierno de Kenia ha anunciado que apelará la decisión adoptada este viernes por el Alto Tribunal del país y que impidió el despliegue de la fuerza policial keniana qu…

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Kenya’s high court rules that deploying the nation’s police officers to Haiti is unconstitutional

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court on Friday blocked the United Nations-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Kenya’s parliament passed a motion in November allowing the deployment of 1,000 officers to lead a multinational force in Haiti. But Judge Chacha Mwita said Kenya’s National Security Council, which is led by the president, does not have the authority to…

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Kenya's high court rules that deploying the nation's police officers to Haiti is unconstitutional

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s high court has blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control. Kenya’s parliament had passed a motion in November allowing the deployment of 1,000 officers to lead a multinational force in Haiti. But High Court Judge Chacha Mwita ruled Friday that Kenya’s National Security Council doesn’t have the aut…

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A court on Friday blocked the “unconstitutional, illegal and invalid” decision of the Kenyan government to deploy a thousand police officers in Haiti as part of a UN-supported mission to try to stem gang violence there.

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Ruling delivers blow to prospects of multinational force being deployed to quell gang violence in the Caribbean nation