A Kenyan team on Thursday met and held talks with the newly elected head of Haiti’s transitional president Laurent Saint-Cyr over the operations against surging criminal gangs in the Caribbean country.
The team was led by Joseph Boinnet who is deputy National Security Adviser to president William Ruto and the Kenyan Counsul General to Haiti Noor Gabow.
The head of the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS)Godfrey Otunge also attended the meeting that lasted almost two hours.
Officials said Saint-Cyr was happy with the MSS operations so far even as gangs that are fighting to take control of the capital.
Boinnet is in Haiti for a review mission on the performance of the Kenya police officers deployed there.
The Kenya police who are about 800 lead the MSS team in their efforts to contain the gangs but there are plans to send more personnel there in two months.
The Kenyan team has been in Haiti since June 25, 2024 and its mandate is set for discussion, review and renewal by the UN next month in New York, officials said.
There is a push for UN to take several bills incurred by the team and others by the Africa Union.
Saint-Cyr, a wealthy businessman was on August 7 Thursday voted the head of Haiti’s transitional presidential council tasked with restoring order in the troubled country as a top gang leader underscored the challenges facing the nation by vowing to overthrow the government.
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