- “Currently the country is in dire need of police officers to contain insecurity cases in Sondu and other parts of the country."
- He added that the officers don’t have enough security tactics to fight in the Caribbean nation.
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Bumula Member of Parliament Jack Wamboka has disagreed with President William Ruto’s deal of sending security officers to Haiti.
Kenya has agreed to send more than 1,000 Kenyan security officers to the Caribbean nation to help combat the gang violence that has wrecked the country for years.
Speaking in his Constituency on Saturday, he decried fewer police officers in the country yet the government has sealed the deal to let the officers head to Hait for a peace-keeping mission.
Wamboka alleges that the police deal also encourages corruption.
“Personally I’m not in support of the direction that President Ruto took to ferry our officers to Haiti, Kenya itself is facing a shortage of the officers,” Wamboka said.
He added, “Currently the country is in dire need of police officers to contain insecurity cases in Sondu and other parts of the country yet the government has decided to take the officers out.”
The DAP-K MP noted that Haiti is a battleground and taking the officers there puts their lives at risk.
He added that the officers don’t have enough security tactics to fight in the Caribbean nation.
The opposition MP also called on the President to revive the country’s economy citing Kenyans suffering.
Already there is lobbying within the services for those who want to join the mission.
The selected team will converge at a camp for a brief joint training before they depart for the mission.
At stake, is almost Sh29 billion that has been pledged by the US government to enable the mission to be successful.
The Biden administration has pledged $100 million (Sh14.5 billion) to the mission and another $100 million (Sh14.5 billion from the Defense Department in the form of intelligence, airlifts, communications and medical assistance.
Ruto has welcomed the United Nations Security Council's approval of a multinational security mission for Haiti, led by Kenya.
The President said that the "mission is of special significance and critical urgency" adding that it is an overdue and critical instrument to define the multinational mission.
"The resolution marks an important moment in the history of global multilateralism, as we engage international collective action that places human security and dignity at the same level," the president said on Tuesday.