Kenya has sent an additional 217 police officers to Haiti as part of a multinational force to address gang violence. With this deployment, Kenya's contribution exceeds 600 officers and aims to provide stability in Haiti,

Some 217 more Kenyan police officers left for Haiti Saturday morning to join an operation aimed at containing criminal gangs in the Caribbean country. The officers from various units of the National Police Service were flagged off by top interior and foreign affairs officials aboard a commercial Kenya Airways flight.

On Saturday, January 18, as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission, 270 Kenyan soldiers left Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on a Kenya Airways commercial flight at 2:00 a.m. (Kenya time) bound for

Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation had deployed another 217 police officer to Haiti as part of a multinational force to curb gang violence. Kipchumba Murkomen said in a statement Saturday that the police officers departed Kenya Friday.

NAIROBI, KENYA - Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation has deployed another 217 police officers to Haiti as part of a multinational