Ten days ago I wrote that a showdown between Haiti’s brutal gangs and the Kenyan police hired to take them on seemed imminent. There was a slight delay in that plan. The advance team from Kenya that was sent to Haiti to scout the situation returned home and Kenya’s president announced a delay. This story is about a week old.
An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a multinational force is deployed to quell violence in Haiti is heading back home after the planned deployment was delayed over logistical issues.
The team is due to arrive back from Haiti on Monday after recommending a deployment delay that was later announced by the president.
A senior Kenyan official who declined to be named as they are not the official spokesperson said the bases are still under construction and crucial resources including vehicles are needed before deployment…
