The Kenyan police officer who was killed in an accident along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Ville road at Perlerin 9 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was identified as corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve.
He was attacked to Rapid Deployment Unit which is seen as one of the elite units of the Administration Police Service.
He was killed on August, 31 2025 in a tragic road traffic accident was killed along with a civilian after two armored vehicles were involved in an accident along a mountaintop road above Port-au-Prince.
In addition to the deaths, eight the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti (MSS) officers were injured, three of them critically, officials said.
“Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve was pronounced dead at Lambert Santé Hospital in Pétion-Ville,” MSS said in a statement.
The statement said Nzuve was a proud member of Kenya’s 3rd contingent to the MSS, where he consistently demonstrated courage, dedication, and unwavering commitment until his untimely passing.
Born on March 8, 1984 in Machakos County, he joined the National Police Service in 2005 and later served with the Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU).
Over the years, he served with distinction in various parts of Kenya, including Narok and Baringo counties, before taking up his final mission in Haiti.
On Monday, September 1, 2025, the MSS family—including personnel from Kenya, the Bahamas, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala alongside staff from DMG, Amentum, Aspen, and GardaWorld—gathered at the main dining facility (Defac) at LSA1 to honor his memory in a solemn service before his remains were flown to the Dominican Republic for preservation and onward repatriation to Kenya.
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