Kenyan police are leaving for a controversial deployment in Haiti to take on powerful, violent gangs

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Hundreds of Kenyan police officers are leaving for Haiti, where they will lead a multinational force against powerful gangs. The deployment is controversial. The government of Kenyan President William Ruto is defying a court’s ruling calling it unconstitutional.

, where they will lead a multinational force against the powerful gangs whose deadly violence spiked this year and helped bring about a change in government.

The 400 police officers are the first of the 1,000 that Kenya expects to send for the United Nations-led force in Haiti. Ruto’s sendoff ceremony on Monday was closed to the media.

 

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