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Kenya Govt Vows to Fight Ruling Blocking Police for Haiti

President William Ruto has said he will appeal a court ruling rejecting a planned deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti.

The high court ruled that the deployment of Kenyan police to the Caribbean nation was unconstitutional, a decision that has cast uncertainty over the UN-backed mission aimed at addressing gang violence.

Meanwhile, the United States now says that it "acknowledges" the recent ruling by Kenya's High Court blocking the deployment of Kenyan police units to lead a Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti.

Haiti has been grappling with a surge in violence since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 at his private residence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, triggering calls for a security intervention to complement the efforts of understaffed and under resourced Haiti national police force. 

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