Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called on President William Ruto to withdraw Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti following the deaths of two officers.
According to Kalonzo, the Haiti mission is becoming too costly for Kenya and it is imperative to retrieve them and bring them back home.
The Wiper leader noted that Kenya has previously been involved in international peacekeeping missions, but the Haiti operation has been the most costly to the country.
Kalonzo issues demands to Ruto after the death of two officers in Haiti. Photo: Courtesy.
Kalonzo went on to compare the Haiti Mission to the previous peacekeeping mission where Kenya was one of the African Union member states that contributed troops to the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) from 1995 to 2005.
Since June 2024, the Kenyan government has deployed at least 800 police officers to Haiti to help combat gangs and restore peace.
Between February and March, two Kenyan police officers were reported killed while serving in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission.
The first officer, Samuel Tompoi Kaetuai, was fatally shot on February 23, by gangs in the Savien region of Haiti during a shootout.
After being injured, he was evacuated to a hospital but succumbed to his wounds.
His body was returned to Kenya and received by his family and senior police officials in Nairobi.
The second officer, Bénédict Kabiru, was killed on March 25, following a gang ambush in Pont-Sondé, located in the Artibonite region.
The incident occurred when MSS forces were assisting a Haitian National Police vehicle stuck in a ditch, suspected to have been deliberately dug by gangs.
Initially reported missing, his death was later confirmed by Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council after videos circulating online showed his body.
