President Ruto Issues New Directives After Court Blocked Deployment of Kenya Police to Haiti

President William Ruto has revealed a tactic his administration plans to employ to succeed with the mission of deploying Kenya police officers to Haiti after a court ruling went against his will.

The Head of State, who is currently on his visit to Italy, for bilateral relations among other issues, made it crystal clear that the Kenyan Police would be deployed to Haiti as early as next week.

Speaking to Reuters, an international media publication, President Ruto agreed to abide by the court ruling by acting so swiftly to fix the issues raised by the court, revealing that he has a team on the ground working tirelessly; analyzing the ruling and aiming to succeed in his government mission.

The Head of State further dismissed claims that the ruling by the court stunted his mission. He reiterated that he aims not to fail on his administration’s plan, revealing that he only waits for Haiti to sign the relevant paperwork as directed by the court.

“So we already have a bilateral relations with Haiti. All that needs to be done now is for Haiti to make a request to Kenya and the mission will continue as soon as next week if all the paperwork is done between Kenya and Haiti on the bilateral route that has been suggested by the court,” Ruto explained.

Earlier on Friday, January 26, a ruling made by Justice Chacha Mwita said that the planned mission of the Kenyan government going further to deploy Police Officers to go and help in peace-building in Haiti would be illegal since the National Security Council has no legal authority to send police officers outside Kenya.

Justice Mwita said:

 “A declaration is hereby issued that the National Security Council has no mandate to deploy police officers outside Kenya under article 240 (8) of the Constitution. An order is hereby issued prohibiting deployment of police officers to Haiti or any other country otherwise in compliance with part 14 that is sections 107 and 108 of the national police service act.“

However, Ruto confirmed that Kenya and Haiti bilaterally agreed on the mission, shedding a green light for the mission to carry on.

Nonetheless, he vowed to make the deal between them to be formal to pierce whirlwinds at the court.