Will Kenya police lead a multinational force in Haiti?

Africa Daily - Een podcast door BBC World Service

So the question being discussed by Kenyans for the last 2 weeks: will the country really send police officers to Haiti or not?US citizens have been evacuated and aid groups have warned that millions of Haitians face acute food shortages, as well-armed gangs wreak terror on the capital, Port-au-Prince. It’s widely accepted that stopping the gangs will take determined international intervention – but the shape that it will take is still under question. President Ruto is insisting Kenya will send 1000 police officers to fight the gangs once a transitional government is in place.But many Kenyans are asking why their police officers are being offered to lead the force – when the US is so much closer to the violence stricken country. In this episode of Africa Daily, Alan Kasujja talks to Dr Ekuru Aukot, a lawyer and opposition politician who successfully obtained a court order stopping the deployment in January.He also talks to Kenyan security analyst George Musamali and BBC Africa’s Security Correspondent Ian Wafula.

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