The Cabinet Friday ratified the deployment of the National Police Service to Haiti as sanctioned by the National Security Council.
This now gives further approval for a motion to be tabled in Parliament for discussion and approval of the plans.
This is likely to be done next week, officials said.
The Cabinet met Friday at State House Nairobi and considered many other issues.
“As part of the Multinational Security Support Mission pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution, the Cabinet ratified the deployment of the National Police Service to Haiti as sanctioned by the National Security Council,” read part of a resolution of the meeting chaired by President William Ruto.
The brief said the Resolution of the National Security Council on the proposed deployment has been submitted for approval by Parliament, pursuant to Article 240 of the Constitution.
On Thursday, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki appeared before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security on plans to deploy police to Haiti.
He was accompanied by Inspector General of the National Police Service Japhet Koome, and Secretary of National Administration Beverly Opwora.
Koome confirmed the first group of police officers to be deployed to Haiti has kicked off a strenuous training in Kenya.
The group of about 200 officers was sent to Nandi Hills where they kicked off the training on October 10.
Officials aware of the developments said the team would later move to Magadi, Isiolo, Kitui, and later in Embakasi before being sent to the mission.
They are likely to be sent to Haiti by early in November, an official aware of the plans said.
“Depending on many factors including availability of needed resources, they will leave as soon as the end of this month,” said an official who asked not to be named.
Top commanders led by Deputy Inspector General of Administration Police Noor Gabow officiated the training in Nandi on Tuesday, witnesses said.
The first company of the personnel will undergo all-terrain training and get a debrief before leaving for their mission.
Sources said there is an urgent need to send the first team of commandos to Haiti to prepare the ground for the arrival of a larger group.
More than 1,000 officers will be picked from the Rapid Deployment Unit, Anti Stock Theft Unit, General Service Unit, and Border Patrol Unit to form a larger team for deployment with the exercise expected to happen soon.
These officers have paramilitary training and are likely to work well with other personnel from countries that have agreed to send theirs to Haiti for the same mission.
This came as top security officials met a group of diplomats in Nairobi to seek support for the Haiti mission.
Kenya plans to send more than 1,000 police officers to combat gangs in Haiti.
On Monday, National Security Advisor Monica Juma and Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Singoei met and briefed the Diplomatic Corps in Nairobi on UN Security Council Resolution 2699/2023 on Haiti.
Singoei said they sought the support of the international community in the implementation of the Resolution.
The meeting came hours before a Nairobi court Monday stopped on a temporary basis the planned deployment of police officers to Haiti.
Justice Chacha Mwita stopped Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki from deploying the police until a case was filed by Thirdway Alliance.
“A conservatory order is hereby issued restraining the respondents from deploying police officers to Haiti or any other country until 24th October 2023,” read part of the order.
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