Haiti police chief meets IG Japhet Koome in Nairobi
Kenya’s Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome (L) and Haiti's National Police Director General Frantz Elbe during a meeting at Koome's office in Nairobi on December 13, 2023. | PHOTO: NPS
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Haiti
National Police Director General Frantz Elbe on Wednesday met Kenya’s Inspector
General of Police Japhet Koome in Nairobi.
According
to the National Police Service, Elbe is leading a Haitian delegation on a three-day
official visit to Kenya for bilateral security discussions between the two law
enforcement agencies.
Parliament
on November 16 approved the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti in a
U.N.-approved mission aimed at helping the Caribbean nation tackle gang
violence.
In
July, Kenya pledged to offer troops after Haiti appealed for international help
with security personnel to assist in its battle against gangs blamed for
spiralling violence.
According
to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, the deployment will cost
$241,390,961 (Ksh. 36,570,730,591), which will be will be obtained from UN
member states.
Other
nations such as The Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda have also pledged
help for the mission.
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